English

language area

Language area comes from Dutch taalgebied ‘language area, Sprachraum’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Made of the words language + area

Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue, speech, language’

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Latin lingua ‘tongue, speech, language’

Vulgar Latin *linguāticum

Old French language

Middle English langage ‘language’

Latin ārea ‘a piece of level ground, a vacant place’

English area

Every English word from Dutch taalgebied

noun A geographical area where some language is commonly spoken.

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