Etymograph

English

bibulate

Bibulate comes from Latin bibulus ‘fond of drinking’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₃-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₃-1‘to drink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*píph₃eti2‘to drink, to be drinking’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pibō2‘to drink’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbibō3‘drink’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbibulus3‘fond of drinking’
  6. Englishtodaybibulate3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin bibo
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English bibulate

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₃-Wiktionary, Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti‘to drink’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*píph₃etiWiktionary, Latin bibo‘to drink, to be drinking’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pibōWiktionary, Latin bibo‘to drink’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbibōWiktionary, English bibulate‘drink’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbibulusWiktionary, English bibulate‘fond of drinking’
  6. EnglishtodaybibulateWiktionary, English bibulate

Formed from bibulus + -ate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- ‘to drink’

symposium, 19 more

through Latin bibō ‘drink’

beverage, bib, imbibe, 7 more

Today it means

verb To bibble or tipple.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “bibulate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti, Latin bibo. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₃- / bibulate

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