Where does “Gil” come from?
Gil (Spanish) comes from Italian Egidio, from Late Latin Aegidius, from Latin aegis, from Ancient Greek αἰγίς, from Ancient Greek αἴξ, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eyǵ- — goat; oak.
Gil (Spanish): naive, innocent, dumb, dummy
Definitions
- naive, innocent, dumb, dummy
Ancestry of “Gil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | Egidio | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | Aegidius | — |
| 3 | Latin | aegis | the aegis |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | αἰγίς | the aegis; a shield of Zeus or cloak of Athena; a... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αἴξ | goat; a kind of waterfowl, possibly a goose; "In... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyǵ- | goat; oak |