Where does “sibilate” come from?
sibilate (English) comes from Latin sībilātus, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
sibilate (English): To hiss; To speak with a hissing sound
Definitions
- To hiss; To speak with a hissing sound
Ancestry of “sibilate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | sībilātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | sībilō | to hiss |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |