Where does “glossen” come from?

glossen (Middle English) comes from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa, from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ — tongue; language; tongue.

Ancestry of “glossen”, step by step

glossen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French gloser

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

via Medieval Latin glossare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinglossare—

Words derived from “glossen”

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