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Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan lenguatge, from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Classical Latin lingua.
Pronunciation
Noun
lenguage m or f
- language
- Romance language
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French language or Old Occitan lenguatge, both from Vulgar Latin *linguāticum, derived from Classical Latin lingua.
Pronunciation
Noun
lenguage m (plural lenguages)
- language
c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 1r:Et por que el ſabie fablar aquel lenguage. ⁊ leye la ſu letra; paga ſe mucho de buſcar los ſus libros ⁊ de eſtudiar por ellos.- And because he could speak that language and could read in their letters, he strove to seek out their books and study from them.
- Idem, f. 1v.
Dela piedra aque llaman magnitat en caldeo ⁊ en arauigo. ⁊ en latin magnetes. ⁊ en lenguage caſtellano aymant.- Of the stone they call magnitat in Chaldean and Arabic, and magnetes in Latin, and aymant in the Castilian language.
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