Etymograph

English

languagist

From language + -ist.

Formed from language + -ist

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’

English language

Today it means

noun A linguist; one who is proficient in languages.

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

Etymograph / languagist