Where does “reverberate” come from?

Reverberate comes from Latin reverberatus, past participle of reverbero, composed of the prefix re- and verber meaning to strike, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.

reverberate (English): To ring or sound with many echos; To have a...

Definitions

  1. To ring or sound with many echos; To have a...

Ancestry of “reverberate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreverberatusrepelled, rebounded, reverberated
2LatinreverberoI repel, rebound
3Latinrĕ-back, backwards
4Latinprōdūcōto lead or bring forth, forward or out
5Latinprō-forward direction, forward movement
6Proto-Italic*pro-pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
9Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “reverberate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European per- →Every word from Latin rĕ- →
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