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Where does “susurrate” come from?

susurrate (Latin) comes from Latin susurro, from Latin susurrus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

susurrate (Latin): second-person plural present active imperative of...

Definitions

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of...

Ancestry of “susurrate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsusurromutterer, whisperer; I mutter, whisper
2Latinsusurruswhisper; murmur
3Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →