Tintinnate
/ˈtɪntɪˌneɪt/noun
To ring or jingle, or to make a ringing sound.
Did you know?Tintinnate comes from the same Latin sound-family as words for bells and ringing, and its roots are tied to imitative noise-words that ancient speakers used to capture the shimmer of metal and ritual bells.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ten-
“To stretch, make taut; later sound-imitative offshoots developed in daughter languages”
Latin
Latin
tinnire
“To ring, jingle, or resound”
Latin
Latin
tintinnare
“To jingle repeatedly; to ring with a light, tinkling sound”
Late Latin
Latin
tintinnatus
“Having tinkled or rung”
Modern English
English
tintinnate
“To give forth a ringing or jingling sound”
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