DictionaryRoot: oscillare
Latin
oscillare
to swing
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verb
oscillate
AH-sih-layt/ˈɑːsɪleɪt/
To move or change repeatedly back and forth.
Etymology
Latin “to swing” captures the repeated backward-and-forward motion. Its noun base is usually identified with a word for a small Bacchus mask hung in vineyards, the proposed connection being its swinging in the breeze.