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gimbals

Meaninga twin

Common meaning: pivoted supports allowing an object to remain level

Journey through time

  1. Latingemellus‘a twin’source
  2. Old Frenchgemeawsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa twin → pivoted supports allowing an object to remain levelgimbals‘pivoted supports allowing an object to remain level’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin gemellus ‘a twin’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry GIMBALS, p. 233 · dictionary scan

Roots

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