latrate

To bark; to make doglike noises.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/læˈtreɪt/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: ladrar

In summary

From Latin lātrātus (“barked”) taken as a verb via English -ate, from Latin lātrāre (“to bark”). Compare Spanish ladrar (“to bark”). First attested in 1623, originally seemingly as a ghost word.