-glossia
English
suffix
Definitions
- (anatomy) Used to form nouns relating to the tongue.
- (linguistics) Used to form nouns relating to language or speech.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλῶσσα
Gloss
tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
語
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- glossology English
- diplo- Latin
- glossarium Latin
- glossārium Latin
- glōssa Latin
- Glossopteris French
- βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοκομεῖον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοπέτρα Ancient Greek
- γλῶσσα Ancient Greek
- κυνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- πικρόγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- τανύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- ἀρνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γλώσσα Greek (modern)
- *glóťťā Proto-Hellenic
- γρούσσα Tsakonian