English
ambilingualambilingual
From ambi- + lingual.
Formed from ambi- + lingual
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- ‘on, onto’
Proto-Italic *amβō
Latin ambo ‘both’
English ambi-
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’
Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā ‘tongue’
Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’
Latin lingua ‘the tongue’
Latin linguālis
English lingual
Today it means
adj Speaking two or more languages with complete fluency and such that there is no subject or domain of communication in which one language is preferred over others.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / ambilingual
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