Etymology

polylingual

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Today it means: of or pertaining to multiple languages; multilingual Full definition →

English lingual ← Latin linguāli ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  6. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  7. Latindingua
  8. Latinlingua
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinlinguāli
  12. Englishlingual
  13. English todaypolylingual

From poly- + lingual.

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