Where does “risiloquium” come from?

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

risiloquium (Latin): a tattling and laughing at the same time

Definitions

  1. a tattling and laughing at the same time

Ancestry of “risiloquium”, step by step

risiloquium traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin loquor

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

via Latin rīsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
2Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
3Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- →Every word from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr →Every word from Latin loquor →