Where does “Gibbon” come from?

Gibbon comes from Old French Giboin, derived from Frankish Gebawin, of uncertain ultimate origin and meaning.

Gibbon (English): A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch

Definitions

  1. A small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch

Ancestry of “Gibbon”, step by step

Gibbon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French Giboin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchGiboin—
2FrankishGebawin—

via French gibbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchgibbonGibbon

Words derived from “Gibbon”

Every word from Frankish Gebawin →Every word from Old French Giboin →