Etymology of the English word multilingual
the English word
multilingualderived from the English word
lingualderived from the Latin word
lingualisderived 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-using the English prefix
multi-derived from the Latin word
multus (many; much, many, great)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*mel-Usage
Word found in Modern English