linguistic
[ling-gwis-tik]
adjective
of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
of or relating to linguistics.
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RELATED WORDS
grammatical, lingual, dialectal, phonetic, etymological, lexical, morphological, phonemic, phonological, syntactical
Nearby words
- linguatula,
- linguatuliasis,
- linguiform,
- linguine,
- linguist,
- linguistic analysis,
- linguistic area,
- linguistic atlas,
- linguistic borrowing,
- linguistic form
Origin of linguistic
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linguistic
1856, from French linguistique (1833); see linguist + -ic. The use of linguistic to mean "of or pertaining to language or languages" is "hardly justifiable etymologically," according to OED, but "has arisen because lingual suggests irrelevant associations." Related: linguistically.
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