Synonyms & related words for illocution

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Words related to illocution

Explore words related to illocution — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include perlocution, perlocutionary, illocutionary, locutionary, tonemic, linguistics, aphetize, tagmemics. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does illocution come from?

The word illocution breaks down into 3 roots of Latin origin: il-, from Latin in (“in, within”); locut, from Latin loqui (“speak”); and -ion, from Latin io (“act of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.