Where does “vibrator” come from?
vibrator (New Latin) comes from Latin vibrō, from Proto-Italic wibros, from Proto-Indo-European weyb- — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.
vibrator (New Latin): second-person singular future passive imperative...
Definitions
- second-person singular future passive imperative...
Ancestry of “vibrator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | vibrō | — |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | wibros | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | weyb- | to oscillate; swing; rotate, move |
Words derived from “vibrator”