Where does “ventriloquio” come from?

ventriloquio (Italian) comes from Italian -loquio, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

ventriloquio (Italian): ventriloquism

Definitions

  1. ventriloquism

Ancestry of “ventriloquio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-loquio-loquy
2Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Latin -ium →Every word from Latin -ius →