The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσίαλον“spittle, saliva”
- English todaysialoquent
Blend of sialic + eloquent, from Ancient Greek σίαλον (síalon, “spittle, saliva”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσίαλον all →
sialicsialadenoncus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.