Where does “persifler” come from?

persifler (French) comes from French siffler, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

persifler (French): to mock; to goad

Definitions

  1. to mock; to goad

Ancestry of “persifler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsifflerto whistle; to whistle for, to blow on a whistle...
2Latinsībilōto hiss
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “persifler”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin sībilō →