Where does “gobbo” come from?

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

gobbo (Italian): hunchbacked; hunchback

Definitions

  1. hunchbacked; hunchback

Ancestry of “gobbo”, step by step

gobbo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gubbus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingubbus
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

via English goblin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgoblinOne of various hostile supernatural creatures,...
2Middle Englishgobelyn
3Old Northern Frenchgobelin

Words derived from “gobbo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ-
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