Where does “sgobbone” come from?

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

sgobbone (Italian): hard worker; workaholic

Definitions

  1. hard worker; workaholic

Ancestry of “sgobbone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiansgobbareto slog or slave away work very hard
2Italiangobbohunchbacked; hunchback
3Latingubbus
4Latingibbushumped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the...
5Latingibberhumpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the...
6Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew

Words derived from “sgobbone

Every word from Proto-Indo-European geybʰ-