English
slanguage
Blend of slang + (lang)uage.
Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s ‘tongue, speech, language’
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Latin lingua ‘tongue, speech, language’
Vulgar Latin *linguāticum
Old French language
Middle English langage ‘language’
English language
Today it means
noun A particular vernacular or vocabulary of slang; the jargon or lingo of a particular group.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “slanguage”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / slanguage