English
labialize
Labialize comes from Latin labium ‘lip’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang loosely’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leb-‘to hang loosely’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*l̥b-yómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*labjomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabium‘lip’
- Englishtodaylabialize
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leb-‘to hang loosely’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*l̥b-yómreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*labjomreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElabium‘lip’
- Englishtodaylabialize
Formed from -ize ‘causative suffix’
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang loosely’
label, lap, lip, lobe, limp, limbo, lave, labrum, 14 more
through Latin labium ‘lip’
Today it means
verb To round, make (a sound, notably a consonant) labial.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leb- / labialize