Etymology

glotto-

Today it means: Synonym of glosso-. Full definition →

grc-att γλωττο- ← Ancient Greek γλῶττα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγλῶττα“tongue”
  2. grc-att · learned borrowing fromγλωττο-
  3. English todayglotto-

Learned borrowing from Attic Greek γλωττο- (glōtto-) from the Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”), Attic form of γλῶσσα (glôssa).

Words from the same roots

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