Etymology

linguistic

lin·guis·tic
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Today it means: Of or relating to language. Full definition →

German linguistisch ← Latin lingua
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlingua“tongue, language”
  2. German · borrowed fromlinguistisch
  3. English todaylinguistic

Borrowed from German linguistisch, equivalent to linguist + -ic. Compare linguistics. Ultimately from Latin lingua (“tongue, language”). Attested in English since 1825.

Words from the same roots

Latinlingua all →

languagelingolingualinguistlanguetlanguette

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.