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Where does “eskombro” come from?

eskombro (Ido) comes from Spanish escombro, from Vulgar Latin excomborare, from Celtic comboros, from Gaulish komberū, from Proto-Celtic kombereti, from Proto-Celtic kom-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

eskombro (Ido): rubble, fragments of rock or ruined buildings,...

Definitions

  1. rubble, fragments of rock or ruined buildings,...

Ancestry of “eskombro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishescombrorubble; mackerel
2Vulgar Latinexcomborare—
3Celticcomboros—
4Gaulishkomberū—
5Proto-Celtickomberetito bring together
6Proto-Celtickom-with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
9Middle Englishkyt—
10Germankitt—
11Old High Germankuti—
12Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
13Proto-Germanickweduzresin
14Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
15Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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