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Where does “sibilant” come from?

sibilant (Latin) comes from Latin sibilo, from Latin -o, from Proto-Italic -ōd, from Proto-Indo-European -éad.

sibilant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “sibilant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinsibiloI hiss; I whistle
2Latin-oforms masculine agent nouns, positive and...
3Proto-Italic-ōd—
4Proto-Indo-European-éad—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éad →