acclaim · verb1
- Latin · borrowed fromacclāmō“raise a cry at; applaud”
- English todayacclaim
* First attested in the early 14th century. * (to applaud): First attested in the 1630s. * Borrowed from Latin acclāmō (“raise a cry at; applaud”), formed from ad- + clāmō (“cry out, shout”).
acclaim · noun2
* First attested in 1667.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.