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Where does “tintinnabulate” come from?

tintinnabulate (English) comes from Latin tintinnabulum, from Latin -bulum, from Proto-Indo-European -dʰlom — Alternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

tintinnabulate (English): To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like...

Definitions

  1. To ring, tinkle, toll, or otherwise sound like...

Ancestry of “tintinnabulate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintintinnabuluma bell, "specifically" a tintinnabulum
2Latin-bulum
3Proto-Indo-European-dʰlomAlternative form of *-trom; instrumental suffix;...

Words derived from “tintinnabulate”

  • tintinnabulation
  • tintinnabulatory
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