Etymograph

English

eructation

Eructation comes from Latin ērūctātiō ‘a belching forth, burp’, and goes back to ērūgō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūgō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeructōas ērūctāre‘to belch, burp’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūctātiō‘a belching forth, burp’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūctātiōnemaccusative of ērūctātiō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1914eructation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūgō
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEeructōas ērūctāre‘to belch, burp’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūctātiō‘a belching forth, burp’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEērūctātiōnemaccusative of ērūctātiō
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1914eructation

Earliest quotation: 1914, Arnold Bennett: “His eyes were as restless as his limbs, and…”

Every English word from Latin ērūgō

Today it means

noun The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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