Where does “libare” come from?
libare (Italian) comes from Latin libare, from Latin libo, from Latin libum, from Proto-Italic leiβom, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leybʰ-om, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leybʰ-.
libare (Italian): to sip
Ancestry of “libare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | libare | present active infinitive of lībō; second-person... |
| 2 | Latin | libo | I taste, sip; I sprinkle, consecrate, dedicate,... |
| 3 | Latin | libum | pancake |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | leiβom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leybʰ-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leybʰ- | — |