Etymology

supervibrator

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Today it means: A device containing a very heavy (typically 100 tons) vibrating mass, used as a calibrated source of seismic waves Full definition →

English vibrator ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishvibrator
  8. English todaysupervibrator

From super- + vibrator.

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