Etymology

buccolingual

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the cheek and the tongue. Full definition →

English lingual ← Latin linguāli ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Latinbucca
  2. Englishbucco-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  4. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  5. Latindingua
  6. Latinlingua
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Latinlinguāli
  10. Englishlingual
  11. English todaybuccolingual

From bucco- + lingual.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.