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Where does “vibrational” come from?

Vibrational comes from English vibration, derived from Latin vibratio and vibro meaning to shake, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European weib- meaning to move back and forth.

vibrational (English): Of or pertaining to vibration

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to vibration

Ancestry of “vibrational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvibrationThe act of vibrating or the condition of being...
2Frenchvibrationvibration
3Latinvibrātiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “vibrational”

  • vibrationally
  • rovibronic
  • nonvibrational
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