Where does “loquacidade” come from?
loquacidade (Portuguese) comes from Latin loquacitas, from Latin loquāx, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
loquacidade (Portuguese): loquaciousness the quality of being loquacious
Definitions
- loquaciousness the quality of being loquacious
Ancestry of “loquacidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | loquacitas | talkativeness, loquacity; vocative singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | loquāx | talkative, chatty, loquacious |
| 3 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 4 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 5 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |