The story
- Latin · derived fromlegō“to read”
- Latin · derived fromlectus
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥήτωρ“public speaker”
- Latin · derived fromrhētorica
- English todayrhetorolect
From Latin rhētorica from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”) + from Latin lectus, form of Latin legō (“to read”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥήτωρ all →
rhetor
Latinlectus all →
lecture
Latinlegō all →
legiblelectern
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.