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Where does “ĝibo” come from?

ĝibo (Esperanto) comes from Italian gibbo, from Latin gibbus, from Latin gibber, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.

ĝibo (Esperanto): bump, hump

Definitions

  1. bump, hump

Ancestry of “ĝibo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangibbo—
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

Words derived from “ĝibo”

  • ĝibulo
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