Where does “multilinguismo” come from?
multilinguismo (Italian) comes from Italian multilingue, from Italian lingue, from Italian lingua, 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...
multilinguismo (Italian): multilingualism
Definitions
- multilingualism
Ancestry of “multilinguismo”, step by step
multilinguismo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian multilingue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | multilingue | multilingual |
| 2 | Italian | lingue | plural of lingua; tongues, languages |
| 3 | Italian | lingua | tongue; language, tongue; strip, tongue |
| 4 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 5 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Portuguese multilíngue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | multilíngue | multilingual |
| 2 | Portuguese | Multi- | multi- many |
via Spanish multilingüe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | multilingüe | polyglot; multilingual able to speak multiple languages |