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Where does “ibex” come from?

ibex (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European (h₁)ebʰ- — climbing.

ibex (Latin): chamois

Definitions

  1. chamois

Ancestry of “ibex”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(h₁)ebʰ-climbing

Words derived from “ibex”

  • ibex
  • ibicem
  • íbice
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