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Where does “limbaj” come from?

limbaj (Romanian) comes from Romanian -aj, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.

limbaj (Romanian): language; speech, manner of speaking; idiom

Definitions

  1. language; speech, manner of speaking; idiom

Ancestry of “limbaj”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanian-aj-age
2French-ageForming nouns with the sense of "action or result...
3Middle French-ageforms nouns with the sense of "action or result...
4Old French-ageforms nouns with the sense of 'action or result...
5Old Occitan-atgesuffix used to form masculine nouns
6Latin-āticum—
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