English
locutor
Locutor comes from Latin locūtor ‘speaker, talker’, 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*tlokʷetorreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tlokʷōr‘to speak’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEloquor‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocūtor‘speaker, talker’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984locutor
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‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElocūtor‘speaker, talker’
- Englishearliest quotation 1984locutor
Earliest quotation: 1984, Urban Pidgins and Creoles: Papers from t: “A position that solely insinuates a down-grading effect in…”
Linked words
through Latin loquor ‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’
eloquent, colloquial, eloquence, colloquium, soliloquy, loquacious, 18 more
Today it means
noun A speaker (one who talks).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- / locutor