Etymology

tonitruate

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Latin tonitruare
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  1. Latin · derived fromtonitruare“to thunder”
  2. English todaytonitruate

From the past participle stem of Latin tonitruare (“to thunder”), from tonitrus (“thunder”) + -ate.

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