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Where does “langage” come from?

langage (French) comes from Middle French language, from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin linguaticum, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

langage (French): language; programming language

Definitions

  1. language; programming language

Ancestry of “langage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlanguagelanguage
2Old Frenchlanguagelanguage
3Vulgar Latinlinguaticumlanguage
4Latinlinguatongue; a speech; an utterance or expression
5Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
6Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
7Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
8Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “langage”

  • langaj
  • languages
  • métalangage
  • language
  • langagier
  • langaj
  • langaz
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