Where does “lingwa” come from?
lingwa (Maltese) comes 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...
lingwa (Maltese): language
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Ancestry of “lingwa”, step by step
lingwa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian lingua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lingua | tongue; language, tongue; strip, tongue |
| 2 | Latin | lingua | tongue; a speech; an utterance or expression |
| 3 | Latin | -ula | regō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Sicilian lingua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sicilian | lingua | tongue; language |