Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
prefixSynonym of glosso-.
Origin
- Ancient Greekγλῶττα“tongue”
- grc-attγλωττο-
- Englishglotto-
Learned borrowing from Attic Greek γλωττο- (glōtto-) from the Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”), Attic form of γλῶσσα (glôssa).
More words from grc-att, Ancient Greek
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Ancient Greek γλωττο-
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French glotto-
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Italian glotto-
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Polish glotto-
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Portuguese gloto-
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Cite this entry
glotto-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glotto-
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