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Where does “-glot” come from?

-glot (English) comes from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ — tongue; language; tongue.

-glot (English): language; tongue

Definitions

  1. language; tongue

Ancestry of “-glot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰtongue; language; tongue

Words derived from “-glot”

  • monoglot
  • triglot
  • pentaglot
  • monoglottism
  • heptaglot
  • tetraglot
  • hexaglot
  • uniglot
  • anthropoglot
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