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spin

Pronunciation: /spɪn/

“spin” is a Dutch word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. spider (member of the order Araneae)
  2. particle spin
  3. political spin, media spin

Etymology

From Middle Dutch spinne, an agent noun from the verb spinnen (“to spin”), referring to the webs spiders weave. An exact cognate of Old High German spinna (German Spinne); with a different suffix but from the same verb are Old Swedish spinnil (Swedish spindel) and Old English spīþra (English spider).

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