Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Of a plant: producing spikes (“ears (as of corn); inflorescences in which sessile flowers are arranged on unbranched elongated axes”). · Of a plant part: resembling a spike of a plant (see above).
From spike (“kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense “having the quality of”). Spike is derived from Middle English spik, spike (“ear of grain; clove of garlic; plant having spikes; plant of the genus Valeriana, especially Valeriana officinalis; plant of the genus Lavandula, lavender”), from Latin spīca (“ear, head, or spike of grain; plant spike”) (feminine) (also rarely spīcum (neuter) and spīcus (masculine)), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“long; sharp; thin”).
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- Root classification mention*spey-ine-pro
- Word-formation componentspikeen · kind of inflorescence in which sessile flowers are arranged on an unbranched elongated axis
- Word-formation component-yen
- Derivation mentionspikenm
- Derivation mentionspīcala · ear, head, or spike of grain; plant spike
- Derivation mention*spey-ine-pro · long; sharp; thin
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