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Where does “translanguaging” come from?

translanguaging (English) comes from English languaging, 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 — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

translanguaging (English): The dynamic process whereby multilingual language...

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  1. The dynamic process whereby multilingual language...

Ancestry of “translanguaging”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlanguagingpresent participle of language
2EnglishlanguageA body of words, and set of methods of combining...
3Middle Englishlangagelanguage, tongue, speech; dialect, idiom, local...
4Old Frenchlanguagelanguage
5Vulgar Latinlinguaticumlanguage
6Latinlinguatongue; a speech; an utterance or expression
7Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
8Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
9Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
10Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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