Reconstruction:Latin/linguaticum

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From lingua (“tongue, language”) +‎ -āticum (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lenˈɡwadjo/

Noun

*linguāticum m (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

1. manner of speaking, language

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	*/lenˈɡwadjos/	*/lenˈɡwadjo/
oblique	*/lenˈɡwadjo/	*/lenˈɡwadjos/

Descendants

• Old Catalan: lenguatge [ca. 1271–4]
  • Catalan: llenguatge
• Franco-Provençal: lengâjo, linga̱zhou (Bressan), langageo (Dauphinois), lingâdzo (Fribourgeois), lengadzo (Valdôtain)
• Old French: language [ca. 1000] (see there for further descendants)
• Old Occitan: lenguatge, lengaje (see there for further descendants)