Where does “altiloquus” come from?

altiloquus (Latin) comes from Latin -loquus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

altiloquus (Latin): altiloquent, boastful

Definitions

  1. altiloquent, boastful

Ancestry of “altiloquus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-loquus—
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin -loquus →