sonicate

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os

Latin sonus

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English sonic

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos

Proto-Italic *-ātos

Latin -ātuslbor.

English -ate

English sonicate

From sonic + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Verb

sonicate (third-person singular simple present sonicates, present participle sonicating, simple past and past participle sonicated)

1. (transitive) To disrupt with ultrasonic sound waves.

Derived terms

• cosonicate
• nonsonicated
• resonicate
• sonicative
• unsonicated

Related terms

• sonication (noun)

Anagrams

• Atencios, acetoins, aconites, canoeist, casitone, inactose