Where does “declamation” come from?
Declamation comes from French déclamation, from Latin declamatio (a speaking out), derived from declamo (to speak against), ultimately from Latin clamo (to cry out) with the prefix de.
declamation (English): The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical...
Definitions
- The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical...
Ancestry of “declamation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | déclamation | declamation; ranting |
| 2 | Latin | dēclāmātiō | declamation (oratorical delivery) |
| 3 | Latin | dēclāmō | to practise speaking, declaim, make speeches |
| 4 | Latin | dē- | of; from |
| 5 | Latin | dē | of; concerning; about |
| 6 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 7 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | posti | behind, after |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |