root language
Linguistics
noun
1A language regarded as the source of another or others, a mother language.
2A language composed only of roots or radicals (now rare ).
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Monthly Anthology.
- port stopper
- port-street
- Port Sudan
- Port Sunlight
- port tack
- port town
- Portugais
- Portugaise
- Portugal
- Portugal laurel
- Portugal orange
- Portugal quince
- Portuguee
- Portuguese
- Portuguese cut
- Portuguese knot
- Portuguese man-of-war
- Portuguese oyster
- Portuguese parliament
- Portuguese trade wind
- portuis
- portulac
- portulaca
- portulacaceous
- portulacca