Where does “*vespertillum” come from?
*vespertillum (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin vespertīliō, from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.
Ancestry of “*vespertillum”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | vespertīliō | a bat (animal) |
| 2 | Latin | vesper | the evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *wesperos | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wek(ʷ)speros | evening |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | we- | — |