Where does “illocution” come from?
illocution (English) comes from Latin il-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
illocution (English): The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as...
Definitions
- The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as...
Ancestry of “illocution”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | il- | Alternative form of in-; in; not |
| 2 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “illocution”