Where does “glósa” come from?

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

glósa (Icelandic): explanatory note, gloss

Definitions

  1. explanatory note, gloss

Ancestry of “glósa”, step by step

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

Words derived from “glósa”

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