Sizzle

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early 17th century: imitative.

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Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen(“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss +‎ -le(frequentative suffix).

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sizzle (v.)

c. 1600, "to burn with a hissing sound," perhaps a frequentative form of Middle English sissen "hiss, buzz" (c. 1300), of imitative origin. The figurative sense is attested from 1859. Related: Sizzled; sizzling. The noun is first recorded 1823.