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Where does “gibbose” come from?

gibbose (English) comes from Latin gibbōsus, from Latin gibbus, from Latin gibber, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.

gibbose (English): humped; protuberant; having one or more large...

Definitions

  1. humped; protuberant; having one or more large...

Ancestry of “gibbose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingibbōsus—
2Latingibbushumped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the...
3Latingibberhumpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew
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