Where does “incubo” come from?
incubo (Italian) comes from Late Latin incubus, from Latin incubō, from Latin cubō, from Proto-Italic kubāō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.
incubo (Italian): nightmare, incubus; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- nightmare, incubus; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “incubo”, step by step
incubo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Late Latin incubus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | incubus | the nightmare, incubus |
| 2 | Latin | incubō | to lie, sit, or settle in, on or upon; recline |
| 3 | Latin | cubō | to lie down, recline |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kubāō | to lie down |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |
via Latin [[incubō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | [[incubō | — |