Etymograph

English

lingualis

Lingualis comes from New Latin linguālis ‘lingual muscle’, from Latin lingua ‘the 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‘the tongue’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900linguālis‘lingual muscle’
  6. Englishtodaylingualis

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‘the tongue’
  5. New Latinc. 1500–1900linguālis‘lingual muscle’
  6. Englishtodaylingualis

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 ‘the tongue’

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

through New Latin linguālis ‘lingual muscle’

sublingual, 1 more

Today it means

noun A longitudinal band of muscular fibres, situated on the undersurface of the tongue, lying in the interval between the hyoglossus and the geniohyoglossus, and extending from the base to the apex of the organ.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / lingualis

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