Where does “vibrisă” come from?
vibrisă (Romanian) comes from French vibrisse, from Latin vibrissae, from Latin vibro, from Proto-Italic wibrāō, from Proto-Italic wibros, from Proto-Indo-European weyb- — to oscillate; swing; rotate, move.
vibrisă (Romanian): vibrissa
Definitions
- vibrissa
Ancestry of “vibrisă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vibrisse | vibrissa any of the tactile whiskers on the nose of an animal such as a cat; any similar feather near the mouth of some birds |
| 2 | Latin | vibrissae | whiskers, the hairs of the nose |
| 3 | Latin | vibro | I shake, agitate, brandish; I launch, hurl; I... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | wibrāō | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wibros | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyb- | to oscillate; swing; rotate, move |