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Where does “sibilantly” come from?

sibilantly (English) comes from English sibilant, from Latin sībilāns, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

sibilantly (English): With a hissing or sibilant sound

Definitions

  1. With a hissing or sibilant sound

Ancestry of “sibilantly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsibilantCharacterized by a hissing sound such as the "s"...
2Latinsībilāns—
3Latinsībilō—
4Latin-ō—
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
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