Where does “hibernation” come from?
Hibernation comes from Latin hibernatus, the past participle of hiberno meaning to winter, derived from hibernus meaning wintry, from hiems meaning winter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey-.
hibernation (English): A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in...
Definitions
- A state of inactivity and metabolic depression in...
Ancestry of “hibernation”, step by step