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Where does “glose” come from?

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

Ancestry of “glose”, step by step

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

Words derived from “glose”

  • glose
  • gloser
  • glosa
  • glosa
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