Where does “ġgajta” come from?
ġgajta (Maltese) comes from Italian giogato, from Latin iugatus, from Latin iugo, from Latin iugum, from French joug, from Middle French joug, from Old French jug, from Latin jugum — to join, to yoke, to tie together.
ġgajta (Maltese): crowd
Definitions
- crowd
Ancestry of “ġgajta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | giogato | tightly joined, connected |
| 2 | Latin | iugatus | joined, yoked, married |
| 3 | Latin | iugo | I join, yoke; dative singular of iugum |
| 4 | Latin | iugum | yoke or collar; a team of oxen; horizontal beam... |
| 5 | French | joug | yoke; balance beam |
| 6 | Middle French | joug | — |
| 7 | Old French | jug | — |
| 8 | Latin | jugum | Alternative form of iugum; yoke, ridge; a yoke |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | jugom | yoke |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yugóm | yoke |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yewg- | to join, to yoke, to tie together |