Etymograph

English

sublingual

Sublingual comes from New Latin sublinguālis, from Latin linguālis ‘relating to 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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinguālis‘relating to the tongue’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900sublinguālis
  7. Englishtodaysublingual

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. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElinguālis‘relating to the tongue’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900sublinguālis
  7. Englishtodaysublingual

Formed from sub- + lingual

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā ‘tongue’

Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

Latin lingua ‘the tongue’

Latin linguālis

English lingual

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue’

tongue, tung, 20 more

through Latin dingua ‘pre-classical form of lingua’

linguistics, langue, 20 more

through Latin lingua ‘the tongue’

language, lang, linguistic, bilingual, lingo, linguist, lingua, linguine, 22 more

Today it means

adj Administered through placement under the tongue.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s / sublingual

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