daughter language
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably a calque of German Tochtersprache.
Noun[edit]
daughter language (plural daughter languages)
- (linguistics) A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.
- Synonym: daughter
- Coordinate terms: parent language, sister language
- English is a daughter language of Old English.
- French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are daughter languages of Latin.
Translations[edit]
language which genetically descends from earlier, parent language
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Further reading[edit]
- daughter language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia