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Where does “gloser” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gloser”, step by step

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

Words derived from “gloser”

  • glozing
  • gloze
  • glozer
  • glossen
  • glosen
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