English
colloquium
Colloquium comes from Latin colloquium ‘conversation, discussion’, from loquor ‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telkʷ-‘to talk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tlokʷetorreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tlokʷōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEloquor‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolloquor‘to speak to, talk together, converse, discuss, hold a conversation, parley or a conference’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolloquium‘conversation, discussion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telkʷ-‘to talk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tlokʷetorreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tlokʷōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEloquor‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolloquor‘to speak to, talk together, converse, discuss, hold a conversation, parley or a conference’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcolloquium‘conversation, discussion’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997same form
Earliest quotation: 1997, Kossuth Lajos Tudományegyetem Kiadói Biz, Acta Classica Universitatis Scientiarum Debreceniensis: “Contemporary philology has had a growing interest in the…”
Formed from colloquy + -ium
Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- ‘to talk’
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Latin loquor ‘speak’
Latin colloquor ‘to speak to, talk together, converse,…’
Latin colloquium ‘conversation’
Middle English colloquies
English colloquy
Linked words
through Latin loquor ‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’
eloquent, eloquence, interlocutor, soliloquy, loquacious, 19 more
Today it means
noun A colloquy; a meeting for discussion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- / colloquium