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sociolinguistic.

Pertaining to sociolinguistics.

15 characters5 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌsəʊsi.əʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk//ˌsəʊʃjəʊlɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/
  1. Pertaining to sociolinguistics.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. ▲ French -isteinflu. German -ist German Linguist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icusbor. Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)bor. German -ik German Linguistik Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old High German -isc Middle High German -isch German -isch German linguistischbor. English linguistic English sociolinguistic From socio- + linguistic.

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