loqu / locut
to speak
Latin · loqui / locutus
Latin loqui means to speak. Words with loqu and locut are about speaking: eloquent means speaking well, a soliloquy is speaking alone, a colloquial word is spoken together in daily talk, loquacious means talkative.
Memory trick
Loqu: a loud speaker speaks, and locution is a way of speaking.
Words from this root
- eloquent (e + loqu + ent) — speaking well and with powerवाक्पटु
- eloquence (e + loqu + ence) — skill in speaking wellवाक्पटुता
- soliloquy (soli + loqu + y) — speaking alone on stageएकालाप
- circumlocution (circum + locut + ion) — speaking around a pointघुमा-फिराकर कहना
- loquacious (loqu + acious) — fond of talkingबातूनी
- loquacity (loqu + acity) — talkativenessबातूनीपन
- colloquial (col + loqu + ial) — of everyday spoken talkबोलचाल का
- colloquium (col + loqu + ium) — a talk together, a seminarसंगोष्ठी
- elocution (e + locut + ion) — the art of speaking clearlyस्पष्ट वक्तृत्व कला
- interlocutor (inter + locut + or) — a person talking between othersवार्ताकार
- ventriloquist (ventri + loqu + ist) — a belly speaker with a puppetपेटबोला, कठपुतली वक्ता
- ventriloquy (ventri + loqu + y) — the art of belly speakingपेट से बोलने की कला
- grandiloquent (grandi + loqu + ent) — speaking in a grand wayआडंबरपूर्ण बोलने वाला
- locution (locut + ion) — a style or phrase of speakingबोलने का ढंग, मुहावरा