Dictionary

lexicostatistics en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek λεξῐκός (lexĭkós) English lexico- English statistics English lexicostatistics From lexico- + statistics.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages, based on the proportion of cognates.

Deriveds

lexicostatistical

Relateds

Swadesh list · glottochronology

Translations (1)

ru лексикостатистика (statistical estimation of the degree of linguistic divergence between two languages)