วาทศาสตร์ ภาษาอังกฤษ

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *wéryeti Proto-Hellenic *wéřřō Ancient Greek εἴρω (eírō) Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós)bor. Latin rhētoricusbor. Old French rhetoriquebor. Middle English rhetorik English rhetoric Inherited from Middle English rhetorik, borrowed from Old French rhetorique, borrowed from Latin rhētoricus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥητορικός (rhētorikós), from ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr, “public speaker”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós). By surface analysis, rhetor + -ic.