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Where does “loqui” come from?

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

loqui (Latin): present active infinitive of loquor; to talk;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of loquor; to talk;...

Ancestry of “loqui”, step by step

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

Words derived from “loqui”

  • eloquence
  • eloquent
  • illocutionary
  • grandiloquent
  • ventriloquist
  • locution
  • ventriloquism
  • perlocutionary
  • grandiloquence
  • grandiloquently
  • interlocution
  • illocution
  • ventriloquial
  • ineloquent
  • perlocution
  • ventriloquize
  • ventriloquistic
  • ventriloquy
  • ineloquence
  • ineloquently
  • illocutionarily
  • stultiloquence
  • uneloquent
  • ventriloquially
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