English
gamba
Gamba comes from Italian gamba ‘leg’, from Late Latin gamba ‘(of animals) hock, shank’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- ‘to bend, curve’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂em-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂emp-reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kampā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαμπήkampḗ‘fixture, bend, winding’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgamba‘(of animals) hock, shank’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘leg’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂em-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂emp-reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kampā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαμπήkampḗ‘fixture, bend, winding’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgamba‘(of animals) hock, shank’
- Italianc. 1300–presentsame form‘leg’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- ‘to bend, curve’
campaign, camera, champion, campus, chamber, chimney, kemp, cabaret, champaign, camaraderie, kam, skimp, cantonment, camber, campanile, campagna, chambray, 20 more
through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂emp-
through Late Latin gamba ‘(of animals) hock, shank’
through Italian gamba ‘leg’
Another origin of gamba
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂em-‘to bend, curve’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂emp-reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*kampā́reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαμπήkampḗ‘fixture, bend, winding’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgamba‘leg’
- Englishtodaysame form
Today it means
noun A rank of organ pipes, so called for a supposed resemblance of the sound to that of a viola da gamba.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- / gamba