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Where does “verberabundus” come from?

verberabundus (Latin) comes from Latin verberō, from Latin verber, from Proto-Indo-European werb-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

verberabundus (Latin): whipping, flogging

Definitions

  1. whipping, flogging

Ancestry of “verberabundus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinverberō—
2Latinverberlash, whip, scourge, rod
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwerb-to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
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