Etymology

effervesce

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Today it means: To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz. Full definition →

Latin effervescere
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromeffervescere“to boil up”
  2. English todayeffervesce

From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.

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