Where does “elocuzione” come from?
elocuzione (Italian) comes from Latin elocutio, from Latin ēloquor, from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.
elocuzione (Italian): elocution
Ancestry of “elocuzione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | elocutio | utterance, expression; oratorical delivery,... |
| 2 | Latin | ēloquor | — |
| 3 | Latin | loquor | I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | tlokʷōr | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |