Where does “locuzione” come from?
locuzione (Italian) comes from Latin locūtiō, from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.
locuzione (Italian): locution, phrase, expression; idiom
Definitions
- locution, phrase, expression; idiom
Ancestry of “locuzione”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | locūtiō | — |
| 2 | Latin | loquor | I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | tlokʷōr | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |