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Where does “imbibere” come from?

imbibere (Latin) comes from Latin imbibo, from Latin im-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

imbibere (Latin): third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural perfect active indicative of...

Ancestry of “imbibere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinimbiboI drink in, imbibe; I assimilate; I conceive
2Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “imbibere”

  • embeber
  • imbevere
  • imbiber
  • embeber
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →