undulate

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 174 words | Copyright

undulate move in or as in waves. XVII. f. L. unda wave (cf. L. undulātus waved, f. late L. undula, dim. of unda); see -ULE, -ATE3.
So undulation XVII, undulatory XVIII.

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