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)

1. ginger

Descendants

• → Old Spanish: gengibre, gengivre
  • Spanish: jengibre
    • → Basque: jengibre
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: gengibre, gengivre, gingivre, gingibre (15th c.)
    • Galician: xenxibre, xenxebre, sinxebra, gengibre (reintegrationist)
    • Portuguese: gengibre
  • → Old Leonese:
    • Asturian: xenxibre

References

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