English
interlocutor
Interlocutor comes from Latin interloquor ‘speak between, issue an interlocutory decree’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- ‘to talk’.
- 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‘speak’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterloquor‘speak between, issue an interlocutory decree’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500interlocūtor
- Englishearliest quotation 1894interlocutor
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‘speak’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterloquor‘speak between, issue an interlocutory decree’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500interlocūtor
- Englishearliest quotation 1894interlocutor
Earliest quotation: 1894, Calvin Thomas, The Teacher's Outfit in German: “Explanations which continually remind one's interlocutor of one's ignorance…”
Linked words
through Latin loquor ‘speak’
eloquent, colloquial, eloquence, colloquium, soliloquy, loquacious, 18 more
Another origin of interlocutor
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterlocūtōrium
- Frenchc. 1600–presentinterlocutoire‘interlocutory, conversational’
- Englishtodayinterlocutor
Today it means
noun A person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- / interlocutor