-glossia

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-glossia

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From Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”). Compare gloss-, glott-.

suffix -glossy

morpheme Used to form nouns relating to the tongue. diglossia, macroglossia, pachyglossia
morpheme Used to form nouns relating to language or speech. diglossia, heteroglossia, xenoglossia

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@misc{glossia_2026,
  title = {-glossia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-glossia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}