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Where does “dulciloquus” come from?

dulciloquus (Latin) comes from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.

dulciloquus (Latin): speaking sweetly

Definitions

  1. speaking sweetly

Ancestry of “dulciloquus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinloquorI say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter
2Proto-Italictlokʷōr—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- →