English
verbile
Verbile comes from Latin verbum ‘word’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to speak, say’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werh₁-‘to speak, say’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*werdʰom‘word’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*werðom‘word’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEverbum‘word’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905verbile
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*werh₁-‘to speak, say’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*werdʰom‘word’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*werðom‘word’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEverbum‘word’
- Englishearliest quotation 1905verbile
Earliest quotation: 1905, Carveth Read, The metaphysics of nature: “It would be an interesting inquiry, how far the…”
Formed from -ile
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ‘to speak, say’
through Proto-Indo-European *werdʰom ‘word’
through Proto-Italic *werðom ‘word’
through Latin verbum ‘word’
Today it means
noun A person whose mental imagery consists of words.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- / verbile