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Where does “glossa” come from?

glossa (Medieval Latin) comes from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ — tongue; language; tongue.

glossa (Medieval Latin): explanation of a difficult word; an obsolete,...

Definitions

  1. explanation of a difficult word; an obsolete,...

Ancestry of “glossa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰtongue; language; tongue

Words derived from “glossa”

  • glozing
  • gloze
  • glozer
  • glosa
  • glose
  • gloser
  • glossen
  • glosen
  • glosa
  • glose
  • gloser
Every word from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ →