gingibre

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

gingebre, gengibre, gigibre, ginzebre

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin gingiber, from Latin zingiberī.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /d͡ʒinˈd͡ʒibɾe/

Noun

gingibre m (oblique plural gingibres, nominative singular gingibres, nominative plural gingibre)

ginger

Descendants

→ Old Spanish: gengibre, gengivre
- Spanish: jengibre
  - → Basque: jengibre
- → Old Galician-Portuguese: gengibre, gengivre, gingivre, gingibre
  - Galician: xenxibre, xenxebre, sinxebra; gengibre
  - Portuguese: gengibre
- → Old Leonese: [Term?]
  - Asturian: xenxibre

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “zĭngĭber”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 663

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