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
1Frenchpipistrellepipistrelle
2Italianpipistrellobat
3Vulgar Latin*vespertillum
4Latinvespertīliōa bat (animal)
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-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)sperosEvery word from Proto-Italic *wesperos