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Where does “linguaggio” come from?

linguaggio (Italian) comes from Old Occitan lenguatge, 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...

linguaggio (Italian): language

Definitions

  1. language

Ancestry of “linguaggio”, step by step

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

Words derived from “linguaggio”

  • paralinguaggio
  • metalinguaggio
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →