Borrowed from Latin susurrus ( “ a humming, whispering ” ) ; reduplication of imitative Proto-Indo-European * swer- ( “ to buzz, hum ” ) .
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1890 American Book Company edition; pinned Perseus XML digitization- susurrusLatin · n16029
susurrus ī, m Source etymology: cf. suri/zw , a humming, murmuring, muttering, whispering : mulierculae: (saepes) levi somnum suadebit inire susurro (apum), V.: tenui iugulos aperire susurro, Iu.: Lenes susurri, H.: blan
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susurrus adj. Source etymology: 1 susurrus , muttering, whispering : lingua, O.
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A reduplicative onomatopoeic extension of Proto-Indo-European * swer- ( “ to buzz, hum ” ) . See also Latin surdus , Lithuanian surma ( “ a pipe ” ) , Russian свире́ль ( svirélʹ , “ a pipe, reed ” ) .
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