Translation
tongue (the body part)
Word origin
From Latin lingua ('tongue'), via French langue. English language, linguistics and bilingual all come from the same Latin root.
- Origin
- Latin, via French
- Root
- lingua
- English cognates
- language, linguistics, bilingual
Examples
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The doctor asked me to show my tongue.
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The dog sat with its tongue out of its mouth.
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We need the tongue and the teeth to speak.
Esperanto splits what English merges: is the muscle in your mouth, is the thing you learn on this site. Both descend from Latin lingua, which meant either - Zamenhof simply gave each sense its own word.
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