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Where does “loquor” come from?

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

loquor (Latin): I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter

Definitions

  1. I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter

Ancestry of “loquor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Italictlokʷōr—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantelkʷ-to talk

Words derived from “loquor”

  • eloquence
  • eloquent
  • colloquial
  • interlocutor
  • soliloquy
  • colloquy
  • obloquy
  • loquacious
  • illocutionary
  • circumlocution
  • colloquially
  • loquacity
  • colloquium
  • grandiloquent
  • ventriloquist
  • locution
  • ventriloquism
  • colloquialism
  • perlocutionary
  • grandiloquence
  • allocution
  • grandiloquently
  • interlocution
  • illocution
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