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
Ancestry of “persifler”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | siffler | to whistle; to whistle for, to blow on a whistle... |
| 2 | Latin | sībilō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
Words derived from “persifler”