Where does “grandiloquently” come from?
grandiloquently (English) comes from English grandiloquent, from Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from Latin -loquus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
grandiloquently (English): showing grandiloquence
Definitions
- showing grandiloquence
Ancestry of “grandiloquently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grandiloquent | given to using language in a showy way by using... |
| 2 | Middle French | grandiloquent | — |
| 3 | Latin | grandiloquus | grandiloquent; boastful |
| 4 | Latin | -loquus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 6 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |