glossology
English
/ɡlɒˈsɒlədʒi/, /ɡlɔˈsɑlədʒi/
noun
Definitions
- The science of language; linguistics.
- (botany) The naming of parts of plants.
- (chiefly) The definition and explanation of terms in constructing a glossary.
- (medicine) The diagnosis of disease by examination of the tongue.
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
👅 😋 😛 😜 😝 🤑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -glossia English
- glossological English
- glossologist 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