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Where does “eloquens” come from?

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

Ancestry of “eloquens”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēloquor—
2LatinloquorI say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter
3Proto-Italictlokʷōr—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk
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