Where does “trilinguismo” come from?
trilinguismo (Italian) comes from Italian trilingue, 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...
trilinguismo (Italian): trilingualism
Definitions
- trilingualism
Ancestry of “trilinguismo”, step by step
trilinguismo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian trilingue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | trilingue | trilingual |
| 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 Spanish trilingüe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | trilingüe | trilingual |
| 2 | Latin | trilinguis | who speaks three languages |
| 3 | Latin | tri- | three, tri- |
| 4 | Latin | trēs | three; 3 |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | trēs | three |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *tréyes | — |
via Portuguese trilingue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | trilingue | trilingual |