出典:Wiktionary
Uncertain; possibly from go-b(etween) (“intermediary, middleman”) + -o (suffix forming informal terms).[1]
gobo (複数形 gobos または goboes) (originally US)
Borrowed from Japanese ごぼう, ゴボウ, 牛蒡 (gobō, “burdock (Arctium lappa); burdock root”), from Middle Chinese 牛蒡 (ŋɨu pɑŋX, “burdock”) (modern Mandarin 牛蒡 (niúbàng)), from 牛 (ŋɨu, “ox”) + 蒡 (pɑŋX, a word only appearing in the compound 牛蒡), possibly because oxen have been observed eating the leaves of the plant when recovering from illness.[2]
gobo (uncountable)