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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

  1. The aim of a speaker in making an utterance as...

Ancestry of “illocution”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinil-Alternative form of in-; in; not
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “illocution”

  • illocutionary
  • illocutionarily
  • nonillocutionary
  • illokutionär
  • Illokution
  • illokutiv
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →