Etymology

gloze

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Today it means: A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary. Full definition →

Middle English glosen ← Old French gloser ← Medieval Latin glossa
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  1. Medieval Latin · derived fromglossa
  2. Old French · derived fromgloser
  3. Middle English · inherited fromglosen
  4. English todaygloze

From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. Doublet of gloss and glossa.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishglosen all →

gloss

Old Frenchgloser all →

gloss

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.