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Where does “Lingula” come from?

Lingula (Translingual) comes 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...

Ancestry of “Lingula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlinguatongue; a speech; an utterance or expression
2Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
3Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
4Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
5Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “Lingula”

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