lenguatge

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• lengatge, lengatge, lengaje

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Classical Latin lingua.

Noun

lenguatge m (oblique plural lenguatges, nominative singular lenguatges, nominative plural lenguatge)

1. language

Related terms

• lengua

Descendants

• Occitan: lengatge

Borrowings: (some possibly from O.French language instead.)

• → Aragonese: luengache
• → Asturian: llinguaxe
• → Italian: linguaggio (adapted to lingua)
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: lenguage, lenguagen
  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Portuguese: linguagem
• → Old Spanish: lenguage
  • Spanish: lenguaje