Etymology of the English word declaim
the English word
declaimderived from the Latin word
declamare (declaim, make speeches; bluster)
derived from the Latin word
clamare (proclaim, declare; cry)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kelə- (to call)
using the Late Latin prefix
de-derived from the Latin word
de (away; down)
Date
The earliest known usage of declaim in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
declaimed,
declaimingCognates
Dutch
declameren, French
déclamer, German
deklamieren, Italian
declamare, Latin
declamare, Lithuanian
deklamuoti, Norwegian
deklamere, Polish
deklamować, Russian
дeкламировать, Swedish
deklameraUsage
Word found in Modern English
