Etymology

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Today it means: Synonym of tongue. Full definition →

Latin lingua ← Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā ← Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  2. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  3. Latindingua
  4. Latinlingua
  5. English todaylingua

Unadapted borrowing from Latin lingua (“the tongue”). Doublet of langue and tongue.

Words from the same roots

Latinlingua all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.