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- Ancient Greekἔθω (éthō)
- Ancient Greekἔθνος (éthnos)
- Englishethno-
- Latindingua
- Latinlingua
- Englishlinguist
- Englishlinguistics
- English todayethnolinguistics
From ethno- + linguistics.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ethnolinguistics
Today it means: The field of linguistic anthropology which studies the language of a specific ethnic group. Full definition →
English linguistics ← Latin lingua ← Ancient Greek ἔθνος (éthnos)