Etymology

supralinguistic

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Today it means: That goes beyond language. Full definition →

English linguistic ← German linguistisch ← Latin lingua
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Proto-Italic*superos
  5. Proto-Italic*superād
  6. Old Latinsuprād
  7. Latinsuprā
  8. Latinsupra-
  9. Englishsupra-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  11. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  12. Latindingua
  13. Latinlingua
  14. GermanLinguist
  15. GermanLinguistik
  16. Germanlinguistisch
  17. Englishlinguistic
  18. English todaysupralinguistic

From supra- + linguistic.

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