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Eloquent

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means fluent and persuasive in speech or writing
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Stage 1 of 2
eloqui
Latin · ancient
"to speak out"
to speak out, from e- (out) and loqui (to speak)
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Stage 2 of 2
eloquent
English · 1400s
"fluent and persuasive in speaking or writing"
settled as the English word for fluent, persuasive speech
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