Etymology

uneloquent

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Today it means: Not eloquent 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-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*telkʷ-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*tlokʷetor
  15. Proto-Italic*tlokʷōr
  16. Latinloquor
  17. Latinēloquor
  18. Latinēloquēn
  19. Old Frencheloquent
  20. Englisheloquent
  21. English todayuneloquent

From un- + eloquent.

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