English
linguistic
Linguistic comes from German Linguistik ‘linguistics’, from Latin lingua ‘language’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s‘tongue’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dn̥ɣwā‘tongue’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdingua‘pre-classical form of lingua’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElingua‘language’
- Germanc. 1650–presentLinguist
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentLinguistik‘linguistics’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentlinguistisch
- Englishearliest quotation 1848linguistic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s‘tongue’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*dn̥ɣwā‘tongue’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEdingua‘pre-classical form of lingua’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElingua‘language’
- Germanc. 1650–presentLinguist
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentLinguistik‘linguistics’
- German, derivedc. 1650–presentlinguistisch
- Englishearliest quotation 1848linguistic
Earliest quotation: 1848, George Long, Vater, Johan Severin: “Along with the Hebrew language, the grammatical knowledge of…”
Formed from linguist + -ic
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’
Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā ‘tongue’
Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’
Latin lingua ‘language’
English linguist
The story
Attested in English since 1825.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’
through Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’
through Latin lingua ‘language’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to language.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / linguistic