Where does “pileated gibbon” come from?

pileated gibbon (English) comes from English Gibbon, from Old French Giboin, from Frankish Gebawin.

pileated gibbon (English): "Hylobates pileatus", a primate in the...

Definitions

  1. "Hylobates pileatus", a primate in the...

Ancestry of “pileated gibbon”, step by step

pileated gibbon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Gibbon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGibbonA small ape of the family Hylobatidae with long limbs, which they use to travel through rainforests by swinging from branch to branch
2Old FrenchGiboin—
3FrankishGebawin—

via English pileated

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpileatedHaving a pileus; Having a crest covering the...
Every word from Frankish Gebawin →Every word from Old French Giboin →Every word from English Gibbon →