Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

linguo-

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lin-guo-
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

prefix

prefix

Example Sentences

"Recent work dealing with the Esperanto speech community has focused on the identity of Esperanto speakers […] and on the changes that can be observed concerning linguo-political and -ideological orientations after the 1960s[…]."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English linguo- From Latin lingua + English -o-.

Questions

What does linguo- mean?: Tongue.
Where does linguo- come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English linguo- From Latin lingua + English -o-.

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