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
Ancestry of “ĝibulo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | ĝibo | bump, hump |
| 2 | Italian | gibbo | — |
| 3 | Latin | gibbus | humped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the... |
| 4 | Latin | gibber | humpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | geybʰ- | to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew |