Exclaim
/ɪkˈskleɪm/noun
To cry out suddenly or loudly, often because of strong feeling.
Did you know?It comes from Latin *exclamare*, literally “to cry out,” built from *ex-* (“out”) + *clamare* (“to shout”), the same root behind *clamor* and *acclaim*.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“to call, cry out”
Latin
Latin
clamare
“to shout, call aloud”
Latin
Latin
exclamare
“to cry out, exclaim”
Old French
Old French
esclamer
“to cry out, shout”
Middle English
English
exclamen
“to cry out”
Modern English
English
exclaim
“to cry out suddenly or loudly”