Where does “magniloquently” come from?
magniloquently (English) comes from English magniloquent, from Latin magniloquens, from Latin magnus, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂- — big, great; great; big, stour, great.
magniloquently (English): In a magniloquent manner
Definitions
- In a magniloquent manner
Ancestry of “magniloquently”, step by step
magniloquently traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English magniloquent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | magniloquent | Speaking pompously; using deliberately long or... |
| 2 | Latin | magniloquens | talkative, verbose |
| 3 | Latin | magnus | large, big; great; important |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂- | big, great; great; big, stour, great |