Where does “ineloquently” come from?
ineloquently (English) comes from English ineloquent, from English eloquent, from Old French eloquent, from Latin eloquens, from Latin eloqui, from Latin e-, from Latin ex-, from Latin e — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
ineloquently (English): Without eloquence
Ancestry of “ineloquently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | ineloquent | Not eloquent |
| 2 | English | eloquent | fluently persuasive and articulate; effective in... |
| 3 | Old French | eloquent | — |
| 4 | Latin | eloquens | eloquent, articulate |
| 5 | Latin | eloqui | present active infinitive of ēloquor; to speak... |
| 6 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 7 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 8 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 9 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |