Etymograph

English

glindex

Blend of glossary + index.

A blend of glossary + index

Ancient Greek γλῶσσα ‘tongue’

Latin glōssa ‘obsolete or foreign word that requires…’

Latin glossārium ‘a vocabulary or glossary, notably of obsolete’

Middle English glosarie

English glossary

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out’

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti ‘to be pointing out’

Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show’

Latin dīcō ‘to say, indicate’

Latin index ‘discoverer, informer; forefinger’

English index

Today it means

noun A combined glossary and index.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / glindex