daughter language

English

Noun

daughter language (plural daughter languages)

(linguistics) A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.
English is a daughter language of Old English.

French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are daughter languages of Latin.

Synonyms

daughter

Translations

language which genetically descends from earlier, parent language

Armenian: դուստր լեզու (dustr lezu)
Dutch: dochtertaal
French: langue fille (fr) f
German: Tochtersprache (de) f

Limburgish: dochtertaol
Swedish: dotterspråk (sv)
Turkish: yavru dil

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