Etymograph

English

soliloquist

From soliloquy + -ist.

A compound of soliloquy + -ist

Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- ‘to talk’

Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetor

Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr ‘to speak’

Latin loquor ‘to say, speak, tell, talk, utter’

Late Latin sōliloquium

English soliloquy

Today it means

noun A person who soliloquizes

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “soliloquist”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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