diglottism
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek δίγλωττος (díglōttos, “speaking two languages”), from δι- (di-, “two”) + γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]diglottism (usually uncountable, plural diglottisms)
- bilingualism
- 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
- there are two of these diglottisms in a single line
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “diglottism”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.