Where does “native language” come from?
native language (English) comes from English language, from Middle English langage, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin linguaticum, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
native language (English): One's first language, learned in early childhood
Definitions
- One's first language, learned in early childhood
Ancestry of “native language”, step by step
native language traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English language
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | language | A body of words, and set of methods of combining... |
| 2 | Middle English | langage | language, tongue, speech; dialect, idiom, local... |
| 3 | Old French | language | language (style of communicating) |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | linguaticum | language |
| 5 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 6 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English Native
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Native | aboriginal inhabitant of a region colonized by... |
| 2 | Middle English | natif | — |
| 3 | Old French | natif | — |
| 4 | Latin | nātīvus | created, made |
| 5 | Latin | nātus | born, arisen, made |
| 6 | Latin | gnātus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | gnātos | born |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₁tós | begotten, produced |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |