Where does “parciloquium” come from?
parciloquium (Latin) comes from Latin parcus, from Latin parricus, from Old Dutch parruk, from Proto-Germanic parrukaz — fence; enclosure.
parciloquium (Latin): pauciloquy
Ancestry of “parciloquium”, step by step
parciloquium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin parcus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | parcus | sparing, frugal; scanty, slight |
| 2 | Latin | parricus | fence; game park, cattle reserve; fenced-in... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | parruk | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | parrukaz | fence; enclosure |
via Latin loquor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | loquor | I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | tlokʷōr | to speak |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |