English
colloquy
Colloquy comes from Latin colloquium ‘conversation’, from loquor ‘speak’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- ‘to talk’.
- 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‘speak’
- 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’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500colloquies
- Englishearliest quotation 1897colloquy
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‘speak’
- 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’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500colloquies
- Englishearliest quotation 1897colloquy
Earliest quotation: 1897, Henry James: “And she repeated the free caress into which her…”
Linked words
through Latin loquor ‘speak’
eloquent, eloquence, interlocutor, loquacious, soliloquy, 19 more
Today it means
noun A conversation or dialogue.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- / colloquy