Where does “glose” come from?

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

glose (French): gloss; first/third-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. gloss; first/third-person singular present...

Ancestry of “glose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchglose—
2Medieval Latinglossaexplanation of a difficult word; an obsolete,...
3Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰtongue; language; tongue

Words derived from “glose”

Every word from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ →Every word from Medieval Latin glossa →Every word from Old French glose →