Etymograph

English

glottophagy

Glottophagy comes from French glottophagie.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentglottophagie
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1993glottophagy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentglottophagie
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1993glottophagy

Earliest quotation: 1993, Kenneth Hyltenstam, Progression and regression in language: “One scientist's language spread is another's glottophagy. There are…”

Equivalent to glotto- + -phagy

Ancient Greek γλῶττα ‘tongue’

English glotto-

The story

Borrowed from French glottophagie, coined by Louis-Jean Calvet.

Every English word from French glottophagie

Today it means

noun The absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / French glottophagie / glottophagy

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