English
pleniloquence
Pleniloquence comes from Latin plenus ‘full’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₁nós‘full’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēnos‘full’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplenus‘full’
- Englishearliest quotation 1838pleniloquence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₁-‘to fill’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₁nós‘full’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*plēnos‘full’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEplenus‘full’
- Englishearliest quotation 1838pleniloquence
Earliest quotation: 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson: “…Mr. Emerson, writing to his friend Carlyle, August 6,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ‘to fill’
people, public, popular, complete, plus, supply, poll, folk, completion, accomplish, comply, implement, manipulation, supplement, complement, plural, plethora, depletion, puri, replete, volk, deplete, plebs, plebeian, 74 more
through Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós ‘full’
through Latin plenus ‘full’
plenty, plain, ample, amplitude, amplify, plenary, replenish, plenum, 14 more
Today it means
noun Excessive or overly full speech.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- / pleniloquence