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Where does “biolinguistics” come from?

biolinguistics (English) comes from English linguistics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

biolinguistics (English): Study of the biology and evolution of language

Definitions

  1. Study of the biology and evolution of language

Ancestry of “biolinguistics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlinguisticsThe scientific study of language
2English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →