Etymograph

English

Gozo

Gozo comes from Italian Gozo, and goes back to Arabic غَوْدَش.

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَوْدَشḡawdaš
  2. MaltesemodernGħawdex
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentGozo
  4. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Arabicc. 500–presentغَوْدَشḡawdaš
  2. MaltesemodernGħawdex
  3. Italianc. 1300–presentGozo
  4. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name The second-largest island of the Republic of Malta.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Arabic غَوْدَش / Gozo