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Where does “gibboso” come from?

gibboso (Italian) comes from Late Latin gibbosus, from Latin gibbus, from Latin gibber, from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ- — to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew.

gibboso (Italian): gibbous; bumpy; crooked

Definitions

  1. gibbous; bumpy; crooked

Ancestry of “gibboso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latingibbosushumped , humpbacked
2Latingibbushumped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the...
3Latingibberhumpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the...
4Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew
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