Etymology of the French word langage
the Old French word
langagederived from the Old French word
languederived 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 langage in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in French
langagier,
protolangage,
paralangageDerivations in other languages
English
languageCognates
Catalan
llenguatge, Italian
linguaggio, Provençal
lenguatgeUsage
Word found in Old French
