Where does “バイブレーター” come from?
バイブレーター (Japanese) comes from English vibrator, from New Latin vibrator, from Latin vibrō, from Proto-Italic wibros, from Proto-Indo-European weyb- — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.
バイブレーター (Japanese): a vibrator
Ancestry of “バイブレーター”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | vibrator | A device that vibrates or causes vibration |
| 2 | New Latin | vibrator | second-person singular future passive imperative... |
| 3 | Latin | vibrō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wibros | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyb- | to oscillate; swing; rotate, move |