linguo-, lingu-, lingua-, -linguist, -linguistic, -linguistical, -linguistically +
(Latin: literally tongue; and by extension, speech, language)
From Old Latin dingua which is a cognate (kindred) with Old English tunge, The change of d (in Old Latin dingua) to l (in Latin lingua) was probably due to dialectal influence (the so-called "Sabine l"). It was facilitated by a folk-etymological association with lingere, "to lick", the tongue having been conceived as "the licking organ".
—According to Dr. Ernest Klein in his
A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
centilingued
Hundred-tongued; as in, centilingued rumor.
cervicolingual
Pertaining to the lingual surface of the neck of a tooth; also linguocervical.
collingual
Agreeing together in language.
crassilingual
Having a thick tongue; thick tongued.
cryptolinguism
The special language of the analysis of codes and coding methods and the composition of coded or secret messages.
cryptolinguist
1. Someone who specializes the language of writing, transcribing,, or decoding secret messages.
2. A specialist in the language of secret codes and their analysis or interpretations.
dentilingual
A reference to the teeth and the tongue.
dentolingual
A reference to the teeth and the tongue.
elinguation
The excision of the tongue.
ethnolinguistic
Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
ethnolinguistics
1. The study of language as an aspect of culture, particularly of the effects of language on culture and culture on language.
2. The study of the relations between linguistic and cultural behavior.
faciolingual
A reference to the face and the tongue, especially to paralysis of these.
gingivolinguoaxial
Pertaining to or formed by the gingival (gums), lingual (tongue), and axial walls (cavity wall approximating the pulp tissue) of a tooth cavity preparation.
interlingual
Between or relating to two languages; interlinguality.
interlinguist
Someone who is versed in or an adherent of an interlanguage or interlanguages.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.":
cit-;
clam-;
dic-;
English Words: Origins and Histories;
fa-;
-farious;
glosso-;
glotto-;
lalo-;
locu-;
logo-;
loqu-;
mythico-;
-ology;
ora-;
-phasia;
-phemia;
phon-;
phras-;
Quotes: Language,Part 1;
Quotes: Language, Part 2;
Quotes: Language, Part 3;
serm-;
tongue;
voc-.
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