Latin

loquor

‘to say, speak’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin loquor.

25 English words in this record descend from Latin loquor, most familiar first.

• eloquent ← eloquens ← eloquor
• colloquial ← colloquy ← colloquies ← colloquium ← colloquor
• eloquence ← ēloquentia ← ēloquēns ← ēloquor
• colloquium ← colloquor
• soliloquy ← sōliloquium
• interlocutor ← interloquor
• loquacious
• colloquy ← colloquies ← colloquium ← colloquor
• circumlocution ← circumlocūtiō ← circumloquor
• allocution ← allocūtiō ← alloquor
• locution ← locūtiō
• loquitur

More words from loquor

• obloquy
• loquacity
• alloquy
• alloquial
• biloquium
• colloquist
• colloquize
• eloquency
• illocution
• inaniloquent
• locutor
• mendaciloquence
• vaniloquy

Etymograph / Latin loquor