Where does “assibilation” come from?
assibilation (English) comes from English assibilate, from Latin assibilatus, from Latin assibilo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
assibilation (English): A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant,...
Definitions
- A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant,...
Ancestry of “assibilation”, step by step
assibilation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English assibilate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | assibilate | To change into or pronounce with the... |
| 2 | Latin | assibilatus | murmured, whispered at, hissed |
| 3 | Latin | assibilo | I hiss, murmur or whisper to, at or upon |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Ion
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ion | Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people |
| 2 | Romanian | Ion | John |
| 3 | French | ion | ion |
| 4 | English | ion | An atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical... |
| 5 | English | anion | A negatively charged ion |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀνιόν | going up |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἄνειμι | go up |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | up, upon |