Etymology

reverberation

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Today it means: A violent oscillation or vibration. Full definition →

Old French reverberation ← Medieval Latin reverberātiō ← Latin reverberō
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*werb(h)-os
  4. Proto-Indo-European*werb⁽ʰ⁾-os
  5. Proto-Italic*wer(β/b)os
  6. Latinverber
  7. Latinverberō
  8. Latinreverberō
  9. Medieval Latinreverberātiō
  10. Old Frenchreverberation
  11. English todayreverberation

From Old French reverberation, from Medieval Latin reverberātiō. Morphologically reverberate + -ion.

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