Etymograph

English

lang

Lang comes from Old French language, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum ‘manner of speaking, language’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s‘tongue’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dn̥ɣwā‘tongue’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdingua‘pre-classical form of lingua’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElingua‘a tongue, utterance, language, speech’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*linguāticum‘manner of speaking, language’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400language
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500langage‘language, tongue, speech’
  8. English1500–presentlanguage
  9. Englishtodaylang

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s‘tongue’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dn̥ɣwā‘tongue’reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdingua‘pre-classical form of lingua’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElingua‘a tongue, utterance, language, speech’
  5. Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*linguāticum‘manner of speaking, language’reconstructed
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400language
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500langage‘language, tongue, speech’
  8. English1500–presentlanguage
  9. Englishtodaylang

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

tongue, tung, 21 more

through Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

linguistics, sublingual, 21 more

through Latin lingua ‘a tongue, utterance, language, speech’

linguistic, bilingual, lingo, linguist, lingual, lingua, linguine, 23 more

Today it means

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / lang

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