Where does “lingō” come from?

lingō (Latin) comes from Latin lingere, from Latin lingo, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- — to lick.

lingō (Latin): to lick (up)

Definitions

  1. to lick (up)

Ancestry of “lingō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlingeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatinlingoI lick
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵʰ-to lick

Words derived from “lingō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵʰ- →Every word from Latin lingo →Every word from Latin lingere →