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lingu- — Tongue or language

lingu- means tongue or language. Latin source words and ideas terminology examples: bilingual.

Meaning and source words

Meaning: Tongue or language

• Latin: lingua

Examples and word parts

bilingual

A bilingual speaker uses two languages.

Word parts: bi- (two) + lingu- (language) + -al (relating to).

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Related language & writing terms

• lex- — Word

  lexicon

• verb- — Word

  verbal

• gloss/o — Tongue or language

  glossary

• phon/o — Voice or sound

  phonetics

• graph/o — Writing or drawing

  biography

• grammat- — Letter or written mark

  grammar

• scrib-, script- — Writing

  manuscript

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