Sussuration
/ˌsʌs.jʊˈreɪ.ʃən/noun
A soft whispering, rustling, or murmuring sound.
Did you know?Sussuration is built on Latin roots imitating a hissing whisper, part of a whole family of sound-symbolic words where the word itself performs the noise it names.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
susurrāre
“to whisper, murmur”
Classical Latin
Latin
susurrus
“a whispering, murmur, or rustling sound”
Late Latin
Latin
susurrātiō
“a whispering or murmuring”
16th Century
English
sussuration
“whispering, murmuring, or rustling sound”
Modern English
English
sussuration
“a soft whispering or rustling sound”