Where does “mother tongue” come from?

mother tongue (English) comes from Middle English mother tonge.

mother tongue (English): The language one first learned; the language one...

Definitions

  1. The language one first learned; the language one...

Ancestry of “mother tongue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmother tonge—

Words derived from “mother tongue”

Every word from Middle English mother tonge →