Where does “lebyixa” come from?
lebyixa (Ghomara) comes from Moroccan Arabic بييخة, from Spanish vieja, from Latin vetula, from Latin vetulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
lebyixa (Ghomara): old woman
Definitions
- old woman
Ancestry of “lebyixa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moroccan Arabic | بييخة | — |
| 2 | Spanish | vieja | feminine singular of viejo; female equivalent of... |
| 3 | Latin | vetula | old woman; a corn dolly or small figurine, shaped... |
| 4 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |