Where does “applause” come from?
Applause comes from Latin applausus, the past participle of applaudere (ad- "to" + plaudere "to strike"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ád and h₂éd.
applause (English): The act of applauding; approbation and praise...
Definitions
- The act of applauding; approbation and praise...
Ancestry of “applause”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | applausus | a clapping, flapping, beating together;... |
| 2 | Latin | applaudō | to clap (strike one thing against another) |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |