Etymograph

English

lingula

Lingula comes from Latin lingula ‘tonguelet, small unit of volume’, from dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’.

  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 CElingula‘tonguelet, small unit of volume’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

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 CElingula‘tonguelet, small unit of volume’
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

tongue, tung, 24 more

through Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

langue, 24 more

through Latin lingua ‘tongue’

language, lang, bilingual, lingo, sublingual, 25 more

Today it means

noun A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 5/12 Roman ounce of wine, equivalent to about 11 mL.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / lingula

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