Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

biolinguistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bi-olin-guis-tic
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to the field of biolinguistics, the biological study of language

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)bor. German -ik German Linguistik Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Middle High German -isch German -isch German linguistischbor. English linguistic English biolinguistic From bio- + linguistic.

Derived Forms

Questions

What does biolinguistic mean?
Of or pertaining to the field of biolinguistics, the biological study of language
Where does biolinguistic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)bor. German -ik German Linguistik Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Middle High German -isch German -isch German linguistischbor. English linguistic English biolinguistic From bio- + linguistic.

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