Where does “lebyixu” come from?
lebyixu (Ghomara) comes from Moroccan Arabic بييخو, from Spanish viejo, from Late Latin veclus, 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.
lebyixu (Ghomara): old man
Definitions
- old man
Ancestry of “lebyixu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moroccan Arabic | بييخو | — |
| 2 | Spanish | viejo | an old person; old man; a certain guy or man,... |
| 3 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 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 |