Where does “gerbilo” come from?

gerbilo (Esperanto) comes from English gerbil, from French gerbille, from Latin gerbo, from Arabic جَرْبُوع.

gerbilo (Esperanto): gerbil small rodent

Definitions

  1. gerbil small rodent

Ancestry of “gerbilo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgerbilOne of several species of small, jumping, murine...
2Frenchgerbillegerbil
3Latingerbo—
4Arabicجَرْبُوع—
Every word from Arabic جَرْبُوع →