zambo
Spanish
adj
Definitions
- bowlegged, bandy-legged
- (Latin America) Zambo (one of mixed African and Native American ancestry)
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *strambus, strabus derived from Ancient Greek στραβός (distorted, squinting).
Origin
Ancient Greek
στραβός
Gloss
distorted, squinting
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Sambo English
- Samboism English
- strabotomy English
- *strambus Latin
- *stramp Latin
- strabus Latin
- strambamente Italian
- stramberia Italian
- strambo Italian
- zambo Dutch, Flemish
- ποδοστράβη Ancient Greek
- στραβός Ancient Greek
- στρᾰβός Ancient Greek
- *strebʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- strâmb Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- strãmbu Aromanian