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Where does “pipistrelle” come from?

pipistrelle (English) comes from French pipistrelle, from Italian pipistrello, from Vulgar Latin *vespertillum, from Latin vespertīliō, from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

pipistrelle (English): Any of various species of bat of the genus...

Definitions

  1. Any of various species of bat of the genus...

Ancestry of “pipistrelle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpipistrelle—
2Italianpipistrellobat
3Vulgar Latin*vespertillum—
4Latinvespertīliō—
5Latinvesperthe evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the...
6Proto-Italic*wesperos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →