myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of spirale

1. Etymology of the Italian word spirale

the Italian word spirale

derived from the Italian word spira

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))

Derivations in Italian

despiralizzare

Cognates

Dutch spiraal, English spiral, French spirale, German Spirale, Lithuanian spirališkas, Norwegian spiral, Polish spiralny, Russian cпиpaльный, Swedish spiral

2. Etymology of the Italian word spirale

derived from the Italian word spirale

Derivations in Italian

spiralare, spiralato, spiraleggiare, spiralizzare, bispiralato, spiraliforme, spiraloidale