Where does “glozingly” come from?
glozingly (English) comes from English glozing, from English gloze, from Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ — tongue; language; tongue.
glozingly (English): In a glozing or deceptively flattering manner
Definitions
- In a glozing or deceptively flattering manner
Ancestry of “glozingly”, step by step
glozingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glozing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glozing | present participle of gloze; The act of one who... |
| 2 | English | gloze | A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss;... |
| 3 | Middle English | glosen | — |
| 4 | Old French | gloser | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | glossa | explanation of a difficult word; an obsolete,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γλῶσσᾰ | tongue; language; tongue |