Where does “langue” come from?

langue (Italian) comes from Italian languire, from Latin languio, from Latin langueō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

langue (Italian): third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “langue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlanguireto languish; to pine; to flag
2LatinlanguioI languish
3Latinlangueōto be faint, weak
4Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg-Every word from Latin langueōEvery word from Latin languio
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