Etymology

bibulous

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Latin bibulus ← Proto-Italic *pibō ← Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*píph₃eti
  2. Proto-Italic · derived from*pibō
  3. Latin · borrowed frombibulus
  4. English todaybibulous

From Latin bibulus from bibō (“drink”) + -ulus from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, from root *peh₃- (“drink”); whence also imbibe and beverage via Old French beivre.

Words from the same roots

Latinbibulus all →

Bibulus

Proto-Italic*pibō all →

imbibe

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