Where does “elocvență” come from?
elocvență (Romanian) comes from French éloquence, from Latin ēloquentia, from Latin ēloquēns, from Latin ēloquor, from Latin loquor, from Proto-Italic tlokʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European telkʷ- — to talk.
elocvență (Romanian): eloquence
Definitions
- eloquence
Ancestry of “elocvență”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | éloquence | eloquence the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing |
| 2 | Latin | ēloquentia | eloquence |
| 3 | Latin | ēloquēns | eloquent, articulate |
| 4 | Latin | ēloquor | to speak or utter plainly; to speak out; pronounce, declare, state, express; divulge |
| 5 | Latin | loquor | I say, speak, tell, talk; I declare, utter |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | tlokʷōr | to speak |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | telkʷ- | to talk |