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