'vibration-prone' originates from modern English, formed by combining the noun 'vibration' and the adjective 'prone'. 'Vibration' comes from Late Latin 'vibratio' (from Latin 'vibrare' meaning 'to shake'), and 'prone' comes from Latin 'pronus' meaning 'inclined' via Old French and Middle English influence.

'vibration' developed from Latin 'vibrare' → Late Latin 'vibratio' → Middle English 'vibracioun' and became 'vibration' in modern English; 'prone' came from Latin 'pronus' → Old French (influences) → Middle English 'prone', and the compound 'vibration-prone' is a modern English formation combining the two words.

Initially the components referred separately to 'shaking' ('vibration') and 'inclined' ('prone'); over time the compounded expression came to mean 'inclined to experience or be affected by vibration' as a single descriptive adjective.