linguistic stock

lin·guis·tic stock

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Definitions of linguistic stock words

noun linguistic stock a parent language and all its derived dialects and languages. 1
noun linguistic stock the people speaking any of these dialects or languages. 1
noun linguistic stock a parent language and all the languages and dialects derived from it 0
noun linguistic stock all the native speakers of any of these languages or dialects 0

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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