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Where does “algibe” come from?

algibe (Old Spanish) comes from Andalusian Arabic اَلْجُبّ, from Arabic جُبّ — cistern, well; pit, fosse; cistern, well, pit;...

algibe (Old Spanish): cistern

Definitions

  1. cistern

Ancestry of “algibe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Andalusian Arabicاَلْجُبّ—
2Arabicجُبّcistern, well; pit, fosse; cistern, well, pit;...
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