γλωσσοπέτρα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- kind of precious stone resembling a human tongue
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (tongue, language, an obsolete foreign word requiring explanation) + Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (stone).
Origin
Ancient Greek
πέτρᾱ
Gloss
stone
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Classifier
Kanji
石
Emoji
🗿 🪨
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -glossia English
- glossology English
- diplo- Latin
- glossarium Latin
- glossopetra Latin
- glossārium Latin
- glōssa Latin
- Glossopteris French
- βούγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γλωσσοκομεῖον Ancient Greek
- γλῶσσα Ancient Greek
- κυνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- πέτρᾱ Ancient Greek
- πικρόγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- πολύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- τανύγλωσσος Ancient Greek
- ἀρνόγλωσσον Ancient Greek
- γλώσσα Greek (modern)
- *glóťťā Proto-Hellenic
- γρούσσα Tsakonian