Etymology of the English word interlingua
the English word
interlinguaderived from the Italian word
interlinguausing the Italian prefix
inter-derived from the Latin word
inter (between)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*enderived from the Italian word
linguausing the English prefix
inter-derived from the Latin prefix
inter-derived from the Latin word
inter (between)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*enderived from the Classical Latin word
lingua (tongue; tongue; speech, language)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghu-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dn₀ghū-Date
The earliest known usage of interlingua in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
