Where does “glosa” come from?

glosa (French) comes from French gloser, from French glose, from Old French glose, from Medieval Latin glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ — tongue; language; tongue.

glosa (French): third-person singular past historic of gloser

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of gloser

Ancestry of “glosa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgloserto annotate, gloss; to ramble on
2Frenchglosegloss; first/third-person singular present...
3Old Frenchglose
4Medieval Latinglossaexplanation of a difficult word; an obsolete,...
5Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰtongue; language; tongue
Every word from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰEvery word from Medieval Latin glossaEvery word from Old French glose