Etymology

ineloquent

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Today it means: Not eloquent; lacking eloquence. Full definition →

English eloquent ← Old French eloquent ← Latin ēloquēn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  9. Proto-Italic*eks
  10. Latinex
  11. Latinex-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
  14. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
  15. Latinloquor
  16. Latinēloquor
  17. Latinēloquēn
  18. Old Frencheloquent
  19. Englisheloquent
  20. English todayineloquent

From in- + eloquent.

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