Etymology

macrolanguage

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Today it means: A "language" by common usage, which is in fact a dialect continuum consisting of widely varying varieties that may be distinct languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility. Full definition →

English language ← Middle English langage ← Old French language
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macrolanguage · noun1

From macro + language.

macrolanguage · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*meh₂ḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mh₂ḱrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*makrós
  4. Ancient Greekμᾰκρός (măkrós)
  5. Frenchmacro-
  6. Englishmacro-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  8. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  9. Latindingua
  10. Latinlingua
  11. Vulgar Latin*linguāticum
  12. Old Frenchlanguage
  13. Middle Englishlangage
  14. Englishlanguage
  15. English todaymacrolanguage

From macro- + language.

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