Where does “vibe” come from?
Vibe comes from English vibration, shortened from French vibration, from Latin vibrare meaning to move back and forth, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weib-.
vibe (English): A vibraphone; Vibration; A vibrator
Definitions
- A vibraphone; Vibration; A vibrator
Ancestry of “vibe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vibration | The act of vibrating or the condition of being... |
| 2 | French | vibration | vibration |
| 3 | Latin | vibrātiō | A brandishing, vibration, agitation |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |