Etymology

exolingual

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Today it means: Pertaining to a series of utterances between two people who do not speak the same language. Full definition →

English lingual ← Latin linguāli ← Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)
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  1. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  2. Ancient Greekἔξω (éxō)
  3. Englishexo-
  4. Latinlinguāli
  5. Englishlingual
  6. English todayexolingual

From exo- + lingual.

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