glot
tongue, language
Greek · glossa, glotta (γλῶσσα, γλῶττα)
Glot and gloss come from Greek glotta and glossa, tongue or language. A polyglot knows many languages, a glossary lists word meanings, and the epiglottis is the flap over the windpipe.
Memory trick
Gloss: the tongue explains words; poly-glot: many tongues.
Words from this root
- gloss (gloss) — short explanation of a wordशब्द की छोटी व्याख्या
- glossary (gloss + ary) — list of words with meaningsशब्दावली, शब्दकोश-सूची
- glossator (gloss + ator) — writer of explanatory notesटिप्पणीकार
- glossology (glosso + logy) — study of language or termsभाषा या शब्दों का अध्ययन
- glottal (glott + al) — of the glottis, in the throatस्वरयंत्र का
- glottis (glott + is) — opening between vocal cordsस्वर-तंतुओं के बीच का द्वार
- epiglottis (epi + glott + is) — flap above the windpipeश्वासनली के ऊपर का ढक्कन
- polyglot (poly + glot) — person knowing many languagesबहुभाषी व्यक्ति
- polyglotism (poly + glot + ism) — knowing many languagesअनेक भाषाएँ जानना
- diglot (di + glot) — person speaking two languagesदो भाषाएँ बोलने वाला
- isogloss (iso + gloss) — line marking a language featureभाषाई विशेषता की सीमा-रेखा
- glossolalia (glosso + lalia) — speaking in unknown tonguesअनजानी भाषा में बोलना
- glottology (glotto + logy) — old term for linguisticsभाषा-विज्ञान (पुराना शब्द)