ghibellino
Appearance
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German Wibellingen, the name of a castle in Swabia held by the Hohenstaufen dynasty (nowadays in the township of Waiblingen), from Old High German Weibilinga, Weibelingen, possibly a suffixed form of the personal name Wabilo, Wahilo.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ghibellino m (plural ghibellini, feminine ghibellina)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Catalan: gibel·lí
- → English: Ghibelline
- → French: gibelin
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Taylor, I. (1896). Names and Their Histories: Alphabetically Arranged as a Handbook of Historical Geography and Topographical Nomenclature. United Kingdom: Rivington, Percival, p. 290