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
- With a hissing or sibilant sound
Ancestry of “sibilantly”, step by step
sibilantly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sibilant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sibilant | Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s"... |
| 2 | Latin | sībilāns | hissing, whistling |
| 3 | Latin | sībilō | to hiss |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |