English
eruct
Eruct comes from Latin ēructō ‘to belch or vomit’, and goes back to ērūgō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūgōnext step skipped: Latin rū̆ctō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēructō‘to belch or vomit’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1911eruct
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūgōnext step skipped: Latin rū̆ctō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēructō‘to belch or vomit’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1911eruct
Earliest quotation: a. 1911, David Graham Phillips: “He ate voraciously, smacking his lips, breathing hard, now…”
Every English word from Latin ērūgō
Today it means
verb To burp or belch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ērūgō / eruct