Where does “reverb” come from?
Reverb is a back-formation from reverberate, which comes from Latin reverberatus, the past participle of reverberare, meaning to strike back, from re- and verberare, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.
reverb (English): An electronic effect which simulates echoes or...
Definitions
- An electronic effect which simulates echoes or...
Ancestry of “reverb”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | reverberation | A violent oscillation or vibration; An echo, or a... |
| 2 | Old French | reverberation | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | reverberatio | rebounding; reverberation |
| 4 | Latin | reverbero | I repel, rebound |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “reverb”