English Explanatory Dictionary

daughter language

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language.

Word forms

daughter language daughter languages

Etymology

Probably a calque of German Tochtersprache.

Synonyms

daughter
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