The story
- Latin · derived fromloquor“to speak”
- Latin · derived frommendācitās“falsehood”
- English todaymendaciloquence
From Latin mendācitās (“falsehood”), and -loquence from Latin loquor (“to speak”).
Words from the same roots
Latinloquor all →
loquaciouscollogueillocution
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.