Why cookie monster eats a lot of cookies

There are two very common roots which mean “to speak”; guessably, one from Latin, the other from Ancient Greek. In Latin, it’s “loqui” or “-locut”. And it’s fairly prevalent. The art of speaking therefore becomes elocution. An informal talk therefore becomes “colloquialism”. If you speak a lot, you are loquacious. If you speak through the belly of another, you are a ventriloquist (“venter” means belly). And when you ask a politician a question they may practise circumlocution. Or talking around something, not really getting to the point. If you continue with this study of words, you may also call people out on their pretentious grandiloquence. In fact, this root is where we get terms like “lectern”, even Latin for law as “lex”, as it was the word to be followed.  

The other is an even commoner root in Ancient Greek, “-logue” from “logos”. It means “word” or a discourse. So a discourse between two people becomes a dialogue. One with oneself becomes a monologue. An additional discourse before and after the topic therefore respectively becomes prologue and epilogue. This blog itself, logically, if it documents a stroll we’re taking, becomes a travelogue.