Where does “sibilate” come from?

sibilate (Interlingua) comes from Interlingua sibilar, from Latin sībilō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

sibilate (Interlingua): past participle of sibilar

Definitions

  1. past participle of sibilar

Ancestry of “sibilate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Interlinguasibilarto 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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin sībilō →