Etymology

Duolingo

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Today it means: A language learning service or application. Full definition →

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The story

All senses ultimately from Duolingo, a language learning app owned by the American educational technology company of the same name; from duo- (“two”) + lingo (“language”). The first two senses formed via genericized trademark.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.