Shout
/ʃaʊt/noun
To call out loudly or a loud cry.
Did you know?“Shout” is probably related to an old Germanic root meaning to cry out or bark, showing how early language often blurred the line between human voice and animal alarm.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*skūtaną
“to shout, cry out (reconstructed)”
Old English
OE
scīetan / scēotan
“to utter a cry or call out (dialectal/early forms, sense later specialized)”
Middle English
ME
shouten
“to cry out loudly”
14th–15th Century
English
shoute
“a loud cry or exclamation”
Modern English
English
shout
“to call out loudly or a loud cry”