Etymology

sociolinguistic

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Today it means: Pertaining to sociolinguistics. Full definition →

English linguistic ← German linguistisch ← Latin lingua
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsokios
  7. Latinsocius
  8. Englishsocio-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  10. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  11. Latindingua
  12. Latinlingua
  13. GermanLinguist
  14. GermanLinguistik
  15. Germanlinguistisch
  16. Englishlinguistic
  17. English todaysociolinguistic

From socio- + linguistic.

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