Etymograph

English

linguacious

Linguacious comes from Latin linguax ‘loquacious’, from lingua ‘tongue’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

  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‘tongue’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinguax‘loquacious’
  6. Englishtodaylinguacious

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‘tongue’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinguax‘loquacious’
  6. Englishtodaylinguacious

Formed from -acious

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

tongue, tung, 22 more

through Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

linguistics, langue, 22 more

through Latin lingua ‘tongue’

language, lang, linguistic, bilingual, lingo, sublingual, 24 more

Today it means

adj Talkative; loquacious.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / linguacious

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