English
eloquentness
From eloquent + -ness.
Formed from eloquent + -ness
Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- ‘to talk’
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Latin loquor ‘to speak’
Latin eloquor ‘to speak out’
Latin eloquens ‘speaking, having the faculty of speech, eloquent’
Old French eloquent
English eloquent
Today it means
noun The quality of being eloquent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / eloquentness