Etymology

colloquial

col·lo·qui·al
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Today it means: Characteristic of familiar conversation, of common parlance; informal. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English colloquy ← Middle English colloquies
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
  8. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
  9. Latinloquor
  10. Latincolloquor
  11. Latincolloquium
  12. Middle Englishcolloquies
  13. Englishcolloquy
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. English todaycolloquial

1751, from earlier term colloquy (“a conversation”), from Latin colloquium (“conference, conversation”), from con- (“together”) + loquor (“to speak”), + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latincolloquium all →

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