English
linguistic map
Compound of linguistic + map.
A compound of linguistic + map
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’
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Latin lingua ‘language’
German Linguist
German Linguistik ‘linguistics’
German linguistisch
English linguistic
Medieval Latin mappa mundī
Old French mapamonde ‘world map’
Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’
English map
Today it means
noun A linguistic map is a thematic map showing the geographic distribution of the speakers of a language, or isoglosses of a dialect continuum of the same language, or language family. A collection of such maps is a linguistic atlas.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / linguistic map