Where does “ventriloquy” come from?
ventriloquy (English) comes from Latin ventriloquium, from Latin loqui, from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.
ventriloquy (English): Ventriloquism
Definitions
- Ventriloquism
Ancestry of “ventriloquy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | ventriloquium | — |
| 2 | Latin | loqui | present active infinitive of loquor; to talk;... |
| 3 | Latin | loquor | I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tlokʷōr | to speak |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |