Where does “giubba” come from?
giubba (Italian) comes from Latin iuba, from Old Tupi îub, from Old Tupi -a, from Old Tupi pó, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *po, from Proto-Tupian *po — hand.
giubba (Italian): jacket; tunic
Definitions
- jacket; tunic
Ancestry of “giubba”, step by step
giubba traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin iuba
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iuba | mane; the flowing hair on the neck of an animal;... |
| 2 | Old Tupi | îub | to lie |
| 3 | Old Tupi | -a | forms nouns from a word's stem |
| 4 | Old Tupi | pó | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Tupi-Guarani | *po | hand |
| 6 | Proto-Tupian | *po | hand |
via Arabic جُبَّة
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | جُبَّة | robe, tunica, coat, gown; long garment; jubbah, a... |