Where does “gruobo” come from?

gruobo (Neapolitan) comes from Italian globo, from Latin globus, from Proto-Indo-European gel- — to be cold, to freeze.

gruobo (Neapolitan): globe

Definitions

  1. globe

Ancestry of “gruobo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiangloboglobe
2Latinglobusany round object; a sphere; a globe; a glob,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeangel-to be cold, to freeze
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gel-Every word from Latin globusEvery word from Italian globo
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