The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromβούγλωσσον“Anchusa italica”
- Latin · derived frombuglossa
- French · derived frombuglosse
- English todaybugloss
PIE word *gʷṓws From French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, buglossus, from Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson, “Anchusa italica”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.