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

Definitions

  1. a vibrator

Ancestry of “バイブレーター”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvibratorA device that vibrates or causes vibration
2New Latinvibratorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
3Latinvibrōto shake, agitate, brandish
4Proto-Italicwibros—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyb-to oscillate; swing; rotate, move
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyb- →Every word from Proto-Italic wibros →Every word from Latin vibrō →