Where does “metalimbaj” come from?
metalimbaj (Romanian) comes from Romanian limbaj, from Romanian -aj, from French -age, from Middle French -age, from Old French -age, from Old Occitan -atge, from Latin -āticum.
metalimbaj (Romanian): metalanguage
Definitions
- metalanguage
Ancestry of “metalimbaj”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | limbaj | language; speech, manner of speaking; idiom |
| 2 | Romanian | -aj | -age |
| 3 | French | -age | Forming nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 4 | Middle French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of "action or result... |
| 5 | Old French | -age | forms nouns with the sense of 'action or result... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | -atge | suffix used to form masculine nouns |
| 7 | Latin | -āticum | — |