Crepitate
/ˈkrɛp.ɪ.teɪt/noun
To make a crackling or popping sound.
Did you know?It comes from Latin crepitare, an intensive form of crepare, meaning “to crackle” or “to burst,” and it lives on in scientific words like crepitation for crackling sounds in the body or air.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*krep-
“to crack, snap, or make a sharp sound”
Latin
Latin
crepare
“to crack, rattle, or burst with noise”
Latin
Latin
crepitare
“to crackle repeatedly; to make a popping sound”
Late Latin
Latin
crepitatus
“crackling; having made a crackling sound”
16th-17th Century
English
crepitate
“to crackle or make a popping noise”
Modern English
English
crepitate
“to make a crackling or popping sound”