A language which gives rise to others; esp. one regarded as the source of a group or family of other languages, or (occasionally) as the source…
| 单词 | θ147626 |
| 释义 | the mind > language > a language > [noun] > family of languages > antecedent or parent language (8) mother tongue1642 A language which gives rise to others; esp. one regarded as the source of a group or family of other languages, or (occasionally) as the source… mother language1669 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. parent language1779 a language from which certain other languages are derived. ancestor1822 Linguistics. An earlier language from which one or more later languages are descended; = ancestor language n. at compounds 2. Ursprache1908 = proto-language, n. proto-language1929 A hypothetical parent language from which actual or historical languages or dialects are derived; a reconstruction of such a language. pre-language1961 A hypothetical antecedent language; a proto-language. Subcategories:— analysis of (1) |
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