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Acclaim

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to praise someone or something publicly and enthusiastically
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Stage 1 of 2
acclamare
Latin · ancient
"to shout approval toward"
to shout approval toward someone, from ad- (toward) and clamare (to shout)
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Stage 2 of 2
acclaim
English · 1400s
"to praise someone publicly and enthusiastically"
settled as the English word for praising someone publicly and enthusiastically
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