Old Galician-Portuguese edit

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Borrowed from Old Occitan lenguatge, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Classical Latin lingua.

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lenguage m or f

  1. language
  2. Romance language

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  • Galician: linguaxe
  • Portuguese: linguagem

Old Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Classical Latin lingua.

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lenguage m (plural lenguages)

  1. language
    • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1r:
      Et por que el ſabie fablar aquel lenguage. ⁊ leye la ſu letra; paga ſe mucho de buſcar los ſus libros ⁊ de eſtudiar por ellos.
      And because he could speak that language and could read in their letters, he strove to seek out their books and study from them.
    • Idem, f. 1v.
      Dela piedra aque llaman magnitat en caldeo ⁊ en arauigo. ⁊ en latin magnetes. ⁊ en lenguage caſtellano aymant.
      Of the stone they call magnitat in Chaldean and Arabic, and magnetes in Latin, and aymant in the Castilian language.

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