Etymology

gazebo

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Today it means: A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn. Full definition →

Latin lavābō ← Arabic قَصَبَة
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  1. Arabic · derived fromقَصَبَة“fort, casbah”
  2. Latin · derived fromlavābō“I will wash”
  3. English todaygazebo

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.

Words from the same roots

Arabicقَصَبَة all →

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