Where does “sublingual” come from?
sublingual (Romanian) comes from French sublingual, from French lingual, from Medieval Latin lingualis, 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...
sublingual (Romanian): sublingual
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- sublingual
Ancestry of “sublingual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | sublingual | sublingual |
| 2 | French | lingual | lingual |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | lingualis | — |
| 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... |