Where does “stultiloquentia” come from?

stultiloquentia (Latin) comes from Latin stultus, from Proto-Indo-European ster- — sterile, infertile.

stultiloquentia (Latin): stupid or silly language

Definitions

  1. stupid or silly language

Ancestry of “stultiloquentia”, step by step

stultiloquentia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin stultus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstultusfoolish, fatuous, stupid, ill-considered
2Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

via Latin loquēns

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinloquēnsspeaking, talking

Words derived from “stultiloquentia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ster- →Every word from Latin stultus →