The story
- Latin · derived fromvibrō“to vibrate”
- New Latin · borrowed fromvibrātor
- English todayvibrator
From New Latin vibrātor, from Latin vibrō (“to vibrate”). By surface analysis, vibrate + -or.
Words from the same roots
Latinvibrō all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.