Where does “linguístico” come from?
linguístico (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese linguista, from Portuguese língua, from Old Portuguese 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...
linguístico (Portuguese): linguistic
Ancestry of “linguístico”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | linguista | linguist |
| 2 | Portuguese | língua | tongue; language |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | lingua | — |
| 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... |