Where does “rhetorician” come from?
Rhetorician comes from Latin -ianus and -ius suffixes applied to Latin rhetor, from Ancient Greek ῥητορική and ῥήτωρ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ser-.
rhetorician (English): An expert or student of rhetoric; An orator or...
Definitions
- An expert or student of rhetoric; An orator or...
Ancestry of “rhetorician”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rhetoric | Synonym of rhetorical; The art of using language,... |
| 2 | German | Rhetorik | rhetoric |
| 3 | Middle High German | rhetorica | — |
| 4 | Latin | rhētorica | rhetoric |
| 5 | Latin | rhētoricus | rhetorical, of or pertaining to rhetoric or a rhetoritician |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ῥητορικός | concerning public speaking or oration, rhetorical |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ῥήτωρ | orator, public speaker; politician, statesman;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | εἴρω | I tie, join, fasten, string together; I insert;... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | wéřřō | to say, to tell |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wéryeti | to be saying |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | werh₁- | to speak, say |