interlocutor · noun1
- Latin · derived frominterloquor“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”
- Medieval Latin · learned borrowing frominterlocūtor
- English todayinterlocutor
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin interlocūtor, from the agent noun counterpart (via the suffix -tor) of Latin interloquor (“speak between, issue an interlocutory decree”), from inter- + loquor (“speak”).
interlocutor · noun2
- Latin · derived frominterlocūtōrium
- French · derived frominterlocutoire
- English todayinterlocutor
From French interlocutoire, from Latin interlocūtōrium.
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