gazebo
/ɡəˈziːbəʊ/ · noun
Meaning
- A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
- A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent
- a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object
Etymology / origin
Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.
- ق ص ب(ar)→
- قَصَبَة(ar)→
- lavābō(la)→
- -(la)→
- gazebo (English)
- Relations: der, der, der, root
Related words
Descendant words
- gazebo(Italian) (bor)
- gazebo(Portuguese) (bor)
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