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Where does “ĝibulo” come from?

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

ĝibulo (Esperanto): hunchback

Definitions

  1. hunchback

Ancestry of “ĝibulo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoĝibobump, hump
2Italiangibbo—
3Latingibbushumped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the...
4Latingibberhumpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the...
5Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew
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