English
inaniloquent
Inaniloquent comes from Latin inānis ‘empty, hollow, void’, from loquor ‘to say, speak, tell, talk’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telkʷ-‘to talk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tlokʷ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tlokʷōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEloquor‘to say, speak, tell, talk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinānis‘empty, hollow, void’
- Englishtodayinaniloquent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*telkʷ-‘to talk’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tlokʷ-reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tlokʷōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEloquor‘to say, speak, tell, talk’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinānis‘empty, hollow, void’
- Englishtodayinaniloquent
Linked words
through Latin loquor ‘to say, speak, tell, talk’
colloquial, eloquent, eloquence, colloquium, interlocutor, soliloquy, loquacious, 17 more
through Latin inānis ‘empty, hollow, void’
Today it means
adj Tending to speak inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- / inaniloquent