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Where does “magniloquent” come from?

magniloquent (English) comes from Latin magniloquens, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.

magniloquent (English): Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or...

Definitions

  1. Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or...

Ancestry of “magniloquent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmagniloquenstalkative, verbose
2Latinmagnuslarge, big; great; important
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂-big, great; great; big, stour, great

Words derived from “magniloquent”

  • magniloquently
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