Etymology

linguotectal

lin·guo·tec·tal
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Today it means: articulated with the tongue contacting or approaching some point of the roof of the mouth. Full definition →

English tectal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Latin tēctum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  2. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  3. Latindingua
  4. Latinlingua
  5. Englishlinguo-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teg-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tégeti
  8. Proto-Italic*tektos
  9. Latintēctum
  10. Englishtectum
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishtectal
  14. English todaylinguotectal

From linguo- + tectal.

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