Etymology

colloquy

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Today it means: A conversation or dialogue. Full definition →

First used 15th c.Middle English colloquies ← Latin colloquium ← Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr
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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. English todaycolloquy

From Middle English colloquies pl, from Latin colloquium (“conversation”), from com- (“together, with”) (English com-) + form of loquor (“speak”) (from which English locution and other words). Doublet of colloquium.

Words from the same roots

Latincolloquium all →

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First known use, by meaning

  • from 15th c. A conversation or dialogue.
  • 16th–17th c. A formal conference.
  • from 17th c. A church court held by certain Reformed denominations.
  • from 18th c. A written discourse.

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