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Where does “lenguage” come from?

lenguage (Old Portuguese) 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...

lenguage (Old Portuguese): language; Romance language

Definitions

  1. language; Romance language

Ancestry of “lenguage”, 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 “lenguage”

  • linguajar
  • linguagem
  • linguaxe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →