gibbet
The origin and history of gibbet.
Etymology
Gibbet comes from Middle English gibet, taken from Old French gibet. Beyond that the trail forks: it may go back to a Frankish word for a forked stick, or to the Latin gibbus, meaning hunchbacked.
The origin and history of gibbet.
Gibbet comes from Middle English gibet, taken from Old French gibet. Beyond that the trail forks: it may go back to a Frankish word for a forked stick, or to the Latin gibbus, meaning hunchbacked.
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