Where does “parvibibulus” come from?
parvibibulus (Latin) comes from Latin Bibulus, from Latin bibō, from Latin -ilis, from Proto-Italic -elis, from Proto-Indo-European -elis.
parvibibulus (Latin): that drinks little
Ancestry of “parvibibulus”, step by step
parvibibulus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Bibulus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Bibulus | fond of drinking; drinking readily or freely; frequently thirsty; bibulous |
| 2 | Latin | bibō | to drink |
| 3 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
via Latin parvus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | parvus | small, little, puny; cheap, petty, trifling,... |
| 2 | Latin | -ior | "third declension"; forms adjectives’ comparative... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |