Proclaim
/prəˈkleɪm/noun
To announce something publicly and officially.
Did you know?Proclaim comes from Latin proclamare, and the same *clam-* root also gave us words about shouting, calling, and even secret cries of alarm in ancient speech.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“to cry out, call, shout”
Latin
Latin
clamare
“to cry out, shout”
Latin
Latin
proclamare
“to cry out publicly, proclaim”
Old French
OF
proclamer
“to proclaim, announce publicly”
Middle English
English
proclamen
“to announce publicly”
Modern English
English
proclaim
“to announce or declare publicly and formally”