Etymology

vibration

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Today it means: The act of vibrating or the condition of being vibrated. Full definition →

French vibration ← Latin vibrātiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromvibrātiō“a shaking or brandishing”
  2. French · borrowed fromvibration
  3. English todayvibration

From French vibration, from Latin vibrātiō (“a shaking or brandishing”), from vibrō (“shake, vibrate”); see vibrate. Morphologically vibrate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

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