The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγλῶττα“tongue”
- Latin · derived fromūniversālis“universal”
- English todayUniversalglot
Presumably from Latin ūniversālis (“universal”) + Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”). By surface analysis, universal + -glot.
Words from the same roots
Latinūniversālis all →
universal
Ancient Greekγλῶττα all →
glotto-glottology
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.