Etymology

glottophagy

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Today it means: The absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones. Full definition →

French glottophagie
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  1. French · borrowed fromglottophagie
  2. English todayglottophagy

Borrowed from French glottophagie, coined by Louis-Jean Calvet. By surface analysis, glotto- + -phagy.

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