Where does “Gabon” come from?
Gabon derives from Portuguese gabão, from Italian gabbano, from Occitan gabar, ultimately from Latin habeo through the suffix chain -us, -um, -anus, and Proto-Italic -os.
Ancestry of “Gabon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | gabão | cloak, overcoat; braggart; boaster |
| 2 | Portuguese | -ão | forms the augmentative of nouns; forms the... |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | -ão | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ānus | — |
Words derived from “Gabon”