relic area
Linguistics
noun
A region noted for the survival of old or archaic language forms.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Language.
- subsong
- subsonic
- subsonically
- subsortition
- sub-sovereign
- subsp.
- subspace
- subspecialist
- subspecialize
- subspeciation
- sub specie aeternitatis
- sub specie mortis
- subspecies
- sub specie temporis
- subspecific
- subspinous
- subst.
- substage
- substance
- substance abuse
- substance abuser
- substanced
- substance-free
- substanceless
- substance P