daughter language

== English == === Etymology === Probably a calque of German Tochtersprache. === Noun === daughter language (plural daughter languages) (linguistics) A language which genetically descends from an earlier parent language. Synonym: daughter Coordinate terms: parent language, sister language English is a daughter language of Old English. French, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese are daughter languages of Latin. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === daughter language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia