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Where does “gibbus” come from?

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

gibbus (Latin): humped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the...

Definitions

  1. humped, hunched, gibbous; a hump, hunch on the...

Ancestry of “gibbus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingibberhumpbacked, hunchbacked; a hump, hunch on the...
2Proto-Indo-Europeangeybʰ-to quarrel, dispute; bowed, curved, crooked, skew

Words derived from “gibbus”

  • gibbous
  • gibbose
  • gibbously
  • gibbousness
  • gubbus
  • gibbosus
  • giboso
  • gobbo
  • gibboso
  • ĝibo
  • ĝibulo
  • gibbosus
  • jimmu
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