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gloss/o — Tongue or language
gloss/o means tongue or language. Ancient Greek source words and ideas terminology examples: glossary.
Meaning and source words
Meaning: Tongue or language
- Ancient Greek: γλῶσσα (glossa)
Examples and word parts
glossary
A list that explains unfamiliar words, often for a particular subject.
Word parts: glossary comes through Latin glossārium; Greek glōssa could mean tongue, language, or an unfamiliar word.
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Related language & writing terms
- lex- — Word
lexicon
- verb- — Word
verbal
- lingu- — Tongue or language
bilingual
- phon/o — Voice or sound
phonetics
- graph/o — Writing or drawing
biography
- grammat- — Letter or written mark
grammar
- scrib-, script- — Writing
manuscript
Sources and usage
From the Word Radicals ideas terminology collection. Source words and word parts are learning references; modern meanings can differ from their classical sources.