Where does “overloquacity” come from?
overloquacity (English) comes from English loquacity, from French loquacité, from Latin loquacitas, from Latin loquāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
overloquacity (English): Excessive loquacity
Definitions
- Excessive loquacity
Ancestry of “overloquacity”, step by step
overloquacity traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English loquacity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | loquacity | Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious |
| 2 | French | loquacité | talkativeness |
| 3 | Latin | loquacitas | talkativeness, loquacity; vocative singular of... |
| 4 | Latin | loquāx | talkative, chatty, loquacious |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English over
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | over | Discontinued; ended or concluded; Thoroughly;... |
| 2 | Middle English | over | riverbank, seashore, brink |
| 3 | Old English | ōfer | riverbank, seashore, brink, edge, margin, border |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | obar | over, above |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | uber | over; over, above |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |