lingvo

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
Proto-Italic *denɣwā
Latin dingua
Latin lingualbor.
Esperanto lingvo

    Learned borrowing from Latin lingua,[1][2] from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlinɡvo/
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    • Rhymes: -inɡvo
    • Syllabification: lin‧gvo

    Noun

    lingvo (accusative singular lingvon, plural lingvoj, accusative plural lingvojn)

    2. language
      • 1915, L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Malnova Testamento, Genezo 11:1.
        Sur la tuta tero estis unu lingvo kaj unu parolmaniero.
        In the whole world there was one language and one way of speaking.
      • 2024 August 4, Andy Blair, “Paralela Universo”, in uea.facila‎[1], archived from the original on 15 September 2024:
        Esperanto estas pli ol nura lingvo; ĝi estas tuta mondo.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Derived terms

    adjectives
    nouns

    See also

    References

    1. ^ André Cherpillod, “lingvo”, in Konciza Etimologia Vortaro [Concise Etymological Dictionary], →ISBN
    2. ^ Ebbe Vilborg, “lingvo”, in Etimologia Vortaro de Esperanto [Etymological Dictionary of Esperanto], volume 3, →ISBN, page 90

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