Etymology of the English word lingulate
the English word
lingulatederived from the Latin word
lingulatusderived from the Latin word
lingula (small tongue; tongue of land)
derived 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 lingulate in English dates from the 19th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
