Where does “ibex” come from?

Ibex comes from Latin ibex, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ-, a root of uncertain meaning.

ibex (English): A type of wild mountain goat of the genus...

Definitions

  1. A type of wild mountain goat of the genus...

Ancestry of “ibex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinibexchamois
2Proto-Indo-European(h₁)ebʰ-climbing
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ-Every word from Latin ibex
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