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Where does “lobe” come from?

lobe (French) comes from Hungarian lob, from Hungarian lobog, from Hungarian -ög, from Hungarian -ö-, from Hungarian -d, from Middle Welsh -nt — 3rd person plural verb ending.

lobe (French): lobed; past participle of lober

Definitions

  1. lobed; past participle of lober

Ancestry of “lobe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlob—
2Hungarianlobogto flutter, wave, fly; to flame, blaze, burn; to...
3Hungarian-ögAdded to a stem - often an onomatopoeia - to form...
4Hungarian-ö-linking vowel
5Hungarian-dyour; Used in the second-person singular definite...
6Middle Welsh-nt3rd person plural verb ending

Words derived from “lobe”

  • bilobé
  • trilobé
  • unilobé
  • polylobé
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