Etymology

polyglottic

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Today it means: polyglot Full definition →

English glottic ← New Latin glōttis ← Ancient Greek γλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Ancient Greekγλωττῐ́ς (glōttĭ́s)
  6. New Latinglōttis
  7. Englishglottis
  8. Englishglottic
  9. English todaypolyglottic

From poly- + glottic.

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