glossa
Latin
noun
Definitions
- an obsolete, foreign, rare, otherwise obscure difficult term that requires explanation
- (in the plural) collections of such words with explanations, a glossary
- (Medieval Latin) a language, dialect, peculiar idiom
- (Medieval Latin) an image example ()
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (tongue, language).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γλῶσσᾰ
Gloss
tongue, language
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
- ankyloglossia English
- glossa English
- glossal English
- glossolalia English
- glosa Latin
- glōssa Latin
- glose French
- glosa Spanish, Castilian
- glosar Spanish, Castilian
- hipogloso Spanish, Castilian
- γλῶσσᾰ Ancient Greek
- *glōgʰs Proto-Indo-European
- aglosso Portuguese
- glosa Portuguese
- glosar Portuguese
- glosen Middle English
- glosa Czech
- glose Old French
- gloser Old French
- glósa Icelandic