Where does “corbita” come from?

corbita (Latin) comes from Latin *corbītus, from Latin corbis, from Proto-West Germanic korb, from Proto-Germanic kurbaz, from Proto-Germanic krebô, from Proto-Indo-European gerbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

corbita (Latin): a slow-sailing freight ship

Definitions

  1. a slow-sailing freight ship

Ancestry of “corbita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin*corbītus—
2Latincorbisbasket; basketful
3Proto-West Germanickorbbasket
4Proto-Germanickurbaz—
5Proto-Germanickrebôbasket
6Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
7Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “corbita”

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