Where does “glosolalia” come from?

glosolalia (Polish) comes from Polish -lalia, from Ancient Greek λαλιά, from Ancient Greek λᾰ́λος, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

glosolalia (Polish): glossolalia, speaking in tongues

Definitions

  1. glossolalia, speaking in tongues

Ancestry of “glosolalia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-lalialalia
2Ancient Greekλαλιάtalking, talk, chat; a form of speech, dialect
3Ancient Greekλᾰ́λοςtalkative
4Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
5Proto-Indo-European-íh₂
6Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂Every word from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱEvery word from Ancient Greek λᾰ́λος
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