Where does “gibbo” come from?
gibbo (Italian) comes from Latin gibbus, from Latin gibber, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.
Ancestry of “gibbo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | gibbus | humped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the... |
| 2 | Latin | gibber | humpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | geybʰ- | to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew |