gamba.
shrimp
Meaning & usage
shrimp
butterface, prawn
100 pesos
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Catalan gamba, from Late Latin *gambarus, from Latin gammarus / cammarus (“lobster”), from Ancient Greek κάμμαρος (kámmaros). Sense 3 comes from the old 100 Chilean pesos banknote having the color of a shrimp.
leg
human foot
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Italian gamba, from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin gamba, camba (“leg”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “bending”).
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