Etymology

glottology

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Ancient Greek γλῶττα
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγλῶττα“tongue, language”
  2. English todayglottology

Coined based on Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue, language”) + -logy. Compare glotto-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγλῶττα all →

glotto-Universalglot

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