Etymology of the English word spiral
the English word
spiralderived from the French word
spiralderived from the Latin word
spiralis (spiraling)
derived from the Classical Latin word
spira (coil)
derived from the Greek word
speira, σπεῖρα (a coil (spira, 'spire'); a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors))
using the Latin suffix
-alisDate
The earliest known usage of spiral in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
unispiralCognates
Dutch
spiraal, French
spirale, German
Spirale, Italian
spirale, Lithuanian
spirališkas, Norwegian
spiral, Polish
spiralny, Russian
cпиpaльный, Swedish
spiralUsage
Word found in Modern English
