Where does “pectoriloquy” come from?

pectoriloquy (English) comes from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.

pectoriloquy (English): An increased resonance, or a distinctly...

Definitions

  1. An increased resonance, or a distinctly...

Ancestry of “pectoriloquy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinloquorI say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter
2Proto-Italictlokʷōrto speak
3Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr →Every word from Latin loquor →