Etymology Explorer › Late Latin

Where does “verbalis” come from?

verbalis (Late Latin) comes from Latin verbum, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

verbalis (Late Latin): belonging to a word; wordy, verbal

Definitions

  1. belonging to a word; wordy, verbal

Ancestry of “verbalis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverbumword; proverb, saying; verb
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “verbalis”

  • verbal
  • nonverbal
  • verbally
  • verbalize
  • preverbal
  • verbalization
  • nonverbally
  • postverbal
  • verbalise
  • verbalism
  • intraverbal
  • preverbally
  • verbalizable
  • postverbally
  • paraverbal
  • verbality
  • verbalizer
  • coverbal
  • extraverbal
  • verbalist
  • verballing
  • verbalisable
  • deverbalization
  • hyperverbal
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →