Where does “ventriloquist” come from?

Ventriloquist comes from English ventriloquy, Latin -ista, Latin loquor meaning "to speak," Ancient Greek -ίζω, and Proto-Indo-European -idyé-, -idyéti, and -yéti.

ventriloquist (English): A person, especially an entertainer, who...

Definitions

  1. A person, especially an entertainer, who...

Ancestry of “ventriloquist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-istAdded to words to form nouns denoting
2Old French-iste—
3Latin-ista-ist; one who practises or believes
4Ancient Greek-ιστήςAlternative form of -τής; -ist
5Ancient Greek-τήςAppended to verbs to form agent nouns
6Proto-Hellenic-tās—
Every word from Proto-Hellenic -tās →