Etymology

gibbet

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Today it means: An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display. Full definition →

Middle English gibet ← Old French gibet ← Frankish *gibb
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgibbus“hunchbacked”
  2. Frankish · derived from*gibb“forked stick”
  3. Old French · derived fromgibet
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgibet
  5. English todaygibbet

From Middle English gibet, from Old French gibet (French gibet), either from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”).

Words from the same roots

Latingibbus all →

gibbous

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