Vociferate
/voʊˈsɪf.əˌreɪt/noun
To shout, proclaim, or speak loudly and forcefully.
Did you know?Vociferate comes from Latin vociferari, built from vox (“voice”) + ferre (“to carry”), so it originally meant something like “to carry a voice” into the air.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wekw-
“to speak, call, or utter”
Latin
Latin
vox
“voice, sound, utterance”
Latin
Latin
vociferari
“to cry out, shout loudly”
Old French
Old French
vociférer
“to shout, clamor”
16th Century
English
vociferate
“to shout loudly or cry out”