Where does “stultiloquium” come from?

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

stultiloquium (Latin): babbling, stultiloquy

Definitions

  1. babbling, stultiloquy

Ancestry of “stultiloquium”, step by step

stultiloquium 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 stultus

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

Words derived from “stultiloquium

Every word from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ-Every word from Proto-Italic tlokʷōrEvery word from Latin loquor