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
- hard worker; workaholic
Ancestry of “sgobbone”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | sgobbare | to slog or slave away work very hard |
| 2 | Italian | gobbo | hunchbacked; hunchback |
| 3 | Latin | gubbus | — |
| 4 | Latin | gibbus | humped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the... |
| 5 | Latin | gibber | humpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | geybʰ- | to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew |