Where does “loquacity” come from?
Loquacity derives from Latin loquacitas, formed from loquax meaning talkative, itself from loquor meaning to speak, tracing back through Proto-Italic tlokʷōr to Proto-Indo-European telkʷ-.
loquacity (English): Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious
Definitions
- Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious
Ancestry of “loquacity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | loquacité | talkativeness |
| 2 | Latin | loquacitas | talkativeness, loquacity; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | loquāx | talkative, chatty, loquacious |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |