Eructation
/ˌiːrʌkˈteɪʃən/noun
The act of belching or emitting gas from the stomach.
Did you know?Eructation entered English through learned Latin, and its older root eructāre combines the intensifying prefix e-/ex- with ructāre, “to belch,” from the same ancient source as words for vomiting and forceful ejecting.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reug-
“to belch, vomit, or emit forcefully”
Latin
Latin
ructāre
“to belch repeatedly”
Latin
Latin
eructāre
“to belch out, vomit forth, gush out”
Late Latin / Medieval Latin
Latin
eructātiō
“a belching out; an outpouring”
14th–16th Century
English
eructation
“a belching; an outpouring of matter or words”
Modern English
English
eructation
“the act of belching”