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Where does “linguajar” come from?

linguajar (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese linguagem, from Old Portuguese lenguage, from Old Occitan lenguatge, from Vulgar Latin linguaticum, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

linguajar (Portuguese): the way someone speaks; to talk, to chat

Definitions

  1. the way someone speaks; to talk, to chat

Ancestry of “linguajar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselinguagemlanguage; jargon; programming language
2Old Portugueselenguagelanguage; Romance language
3Old Occitanlenguatge—
4Vulgar Latinlinguaticumlanguage
5Latinlinguatongue; a speech; an utterance or expression
6Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
7Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
8Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
9Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
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