Where does “eloquent” come from?
eloquent (Old French) comes from Latin eloquens, from Latin eloqui, from Latin e-, from Latin ex-, from Latin e, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “eloquent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | eloquens | eloquent, articulate |
| 2 | Latin | eloqui | present active infinitive of ēloquor; to speak... |
| 3 | Latin | e- | Alternative form of ex-; out of; out, utterly |
| 4 | Latin | ex- | out, away; throughout; thoroughly |
| 5 | Latin | e | The name of the letter "E"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | — |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
Words derived from “eloquent”