Etymology

Lingua Ignota

Today it means: A Latin-influenced mystical 12th-century constructed language recorded by St. Hildegard of Bingen, and apparently the first entirely artificial language. Full definition →

Latin lingua ignōtā
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  1. Latin · derived fromlingua ignōtā“unknown language”
  2. English todayLingua Ignota

From Latin lingua ignōtā (“unknown language”).

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