Regurgitate
/riːˈɡɜːr.dʒɪ.teɪt/noun
To bring up and expel from the stomach; by extension, to repeat something mechanically.
Did you know?Regurgitate comes from Latin medical writing, where the prefix re- meant “back” and gurgitare meant “to flood or pour out,” giving it a visceral, almost alchemical sense of force moving upward.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
regurgitare
“to pour back, flood back, well up again”
Late Latin
Latin
regurgitatus
“poured back, surged upward”
17th Century
English
regurgitate
“to bring up from the stomach”
19th Century
English
regurgitate
“to repeat mechanically, without understanding”
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