Where does “ventriloquistic” come from?

ventriloquistic (English) comes from English ventriloquy, from Latin ventriloquium, from Latin loqui, from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.

ventriloquistic (English): Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist,...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to a ventriloquist,...

Ancestry of “ventriloquistic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishventriloquyVentriloquism
2Latinventriloquium
3Latinloquipresent active infinitive of loquor; to talk;...
4LatinloquorI say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter
5Proto-Italictlokʷōrto speak
6Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ-Every word from Proto-Italic tlokʷōrEvery word from Latin loquor
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