Synonyms & related words for perlocution

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Words related to perlocution

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

Where does perlocution come from?

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