Etymograph

English

grandiloquence

Grandiloquence comes from Latin grandiloquus ‘grandiloquent’, from grandis ‘great’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *grandis.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grandisreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandis‘great’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandiloquus‘grandiloquent’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandiloquentia
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600grandiloquence
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*grandisreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandis‘great’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandiloquus‘grandiloquent’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEgrandiloquentia
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600grandiloquence
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Latin grandis ‘great’

aggrandizement, 9 more

Today it means

noun Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *grandis / grandiloquence

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