Where does “inkubo” come from?
inkubo (Esperanto) comes from Italian incubo, from Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubō, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.
inkubo (Esperanto): incubus; nightmare
Ancestry of “inkubo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | incubo | nightmare, incubus; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | Late Latin | incubus | the nightmare, incubus |
| 3 | Latin | incubō | — |
| 4 | Latin | cubō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |