mother languagen.

Brit.

/ˈmʌðə ˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈməðər ˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/

Forms: see mother n.¹ and language n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, language n.

Etymology: < mother n.¹ + language n. Probably originally a genitive compound with unmarked first element (compare mother tongue n.). Compare post-classical Latin lingua materna (from 12th cent. in British sources), Middle French langage maternel (c1370), French langue mère (1690). Compare mother's language n.

1. = mother tongue n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language

lede-quidec1275

birth tonguea1387

mother languagea1425

mother tongue?a1425

vulgar1430

mother's languagec1443

mother's tongue1517

natural language1570

commona1616

natural1665

vernaculara1706

native1824

home language1833

first language1875

Umgangssprache1934

mameloshen1968

a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 393 (MED) Sum men wolde seie it in her modir langage as þei cunnen.

a1450 (a1397) Prol. Old Test. (Harl. 1666) in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (1850) 9 Frenshe men, Beemers, and Britons han the bible..translatid in here modir langage; whi shulden not English men haue the same in here modir langage?

a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 46 In the rudest contrie, and most barbarous mother language, many be found can speake verie wiselie.

1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. i. 208 Whether translations in mother languages are to be had.

1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. v. 225 The very mother-language which I learnt, A lisping baby on my mother's knees.

1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 464/1 There sat the Crapauds chattering away in their mother language.

1881 Catholic World May 257 Sign-language is the mother-language of Nature.

1924 Science 60 293/1 Some have the advantage of publishing papers in the mother language.

1966 Jrnl. Inter-Amer. Stud. 8 485 The mother language largely remained the medium of expression between generations.

1973 Drum (Johannesburg) 8 Jan. 18/3 My mother language is Shona and I can speak English and Ndebele.

2. The language in which something was originally written; the language to which a word belongs or from which it originates. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language > language in which text was originally written

mother language1651

1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 364 Which also the antient Fathers have subscribed, which (I suppose) the Marquesse doth mean by the Scriptures Mother-language.

1991 Using Corpora (Proc. Conf. Univ. Waterloo Centre for New OED) 162 ‘A policeman, known as omawari-san’, ‘A document called a shakoshome’, ‘The local koban, or police box’. These words are not proper nouns in their mother language and do not receive capitalisation when used in English.

3. A language which gives rise to others; esp. one regarded as the source of a group or family of other languages. Cf. mother tongue n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > antecedent or parent language

mother tongue1642

mother language1669

parent language1779

ancestor1822

Ursprache1908

proto-language1929

pre-language1961

1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 973 The Mother or Natural-Language of China remaines in its Antient purity without any alteration.

1680 High Dutch Minerva A-la-mode (title page) Whereby the English may both easily and exactly learne the Neatest Dialect of the German Mother-Language.

1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata ii. 317 A Way of resolving diverse Tongues in Europe, to one Mother-Language.

1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. ii. 315 They seem capable of being traced back to a certain ideal mother-language.

1890 Catholic World Dec. 335 After the Aryan the most important mother language from which other tongues have sprung is the Semitic.

1902 J. B. Greenough & G. L. Kittredge Words 161 Similar processes enable us to postulate a number of similar mother-languages, as Celtic, Slavic, Greek, and so on.

1998 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 May e6 What is the mother language of the Romance Languages?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mother language
释义	mother languagen. Brit. /ˈmʌðə ˌlaŋɡwɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈməðər ˌlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ Forms: see mother n.¹ and language n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mother n.¹, language n. Etymology: < mother n.¹ + language n. Probably originally a genitive compound with unmarked first element (compare mother tongue n.). Compare post-classical Latin lingua materna (from 12th cent. in British sources), Middle French langage maternel (c1370), French langue mère (1690). Compare mother's language n. 1. = mother tongue n. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language lede-quidec1275 birth tonguea1387 mother languagea1425 mother tongue?a1425 vulgar1430 mother's languagec1443 mother's tongue1517 natural language1570 commona1616 natural1665 vernaculara1706 native1824 home language1833 first language1875 Umgangssprache1934 mameloshen1968 a1425 J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) II. 393 (MED) Sum men wolde seie it in her modir langage as þei cunnen. a1450 (a1397) Prol. Old Test. (Harl. 1666) in Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (1850) 9 Frenshe men, Beemers, and Britons han the bible..translatid in here modir langage; whi shulden not English men haue the same in here modir langage? a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 46 In the rudest contrie, and most barbarous mother language, many be found can speake verie wiselie. 1659 H. Thorndike Epil. Trag. Church of Eng. i. 208 Whether translations in mother languages are to be had. 1805 R. Southey Madoc ii. v. 225 The very mother-language which I learnt, A lisping baby on my mother's knees. 1837 Southern Literary Messenger 3 464/1 There sat the Crapauds chattering away in their mother language. 1881 Catholic World May 257 Sign-language is the mother-language of Nature. 1924 Science 60 293/1 Some have the advantage of publishing papers in the mother language. 1966 Jrnl. Inter-Amer. Stud. 8 485 The mother language largely remained the medium of expression between generations. 1973 Drum (Johannesburg) 8 Jan. 18/3 My mother language is Shona and I can speak English and Ndebele. 2. The language in which something was originally written; the language to which a word belongs or from which it originates. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > native language > language in which text was originally written mother language1651 1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 364 Which also the antient Fathers have subscribed, which (I suppose) the Marquesse doth mean by the Scriptures Mother-language. 1991 Using Corpora (Proc. Conf. Univ. Waterloo Centre for New OED) 162 ‘A policeman, known as omawari-san’, ‘A document called a shakoshome’, ‘The local koban, or police box’. These words are not proper nouns in their mother language and do not receive capitalisation when used in English. 3. A language which gives rise to others; esp. one regarded as the source of a group or family of other languages. Cf. mother tongue n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > antecedent or parent language mother tongue1642 mother language1669 parent language1779 ancestor1822 Ursprache1908 proto-language1929 pre-language1961 1669 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 4 973 The Mother or Natural-Language of China remaines in its Antient purity without any alteration. 1680 High Dutch Minerva A-la-mode (title page) Whereby the English may both easily and exactly learne the Neatest Dialect of the German Mother-Language. 1723 H. Rowlands Mona Antiqua Restaurata ii. 317 A Way of resolving diverse Tongues in Europe, to one Mother-Language. 1846 G. Grote Hist. Greece II. ii. ii. 315 They seem capable of being traced back to a certain ideal mother-language. 1890 Catholic World Dec. 335 After the Aryan the most important mother language from which other tongues have sprung is the Semitic. 1902 J. B. Greenough & G. L. Kittredge Words 161 Similar processes enable us to postulate a number of similar mother-languages, as Celtic, Slavic, Greek, and so on. 1998 Arkansas Democrat-Gaz. (Nexis) 22 May e6 What is the mother language of the Romance Languages? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1425
随便看	solution depression solution heat treatment solution jar solution lake solution of a phenomenon solution of connection solution of continuity solution of unity solution set solution subsidence solution treatment solution-treat solution-treated solution-tub solutional solutioned solutionist solutionists solutionized solutionizing solutions solutiontreat solutiontreated solutiontub solutist