English
glossarium
Glossarium comes from Latin glōssārium ‘a vocabulary or glossary, notably of obsolete’, and goes back to Ancient Greek γλῶσσα ‘tongue’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλῶσσα‘tongue’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōssa‘obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōssārium‘a vocabulary or glossary, notably of obsolete’
- Englishearliest quotation 1891glossarium
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγλῶσσα‘tongue’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōssa‘obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōssārium‘a vocabulary or glossary, notably of obsolete’
- Englishearliest quotation 1891glossarium
Earliest quotation: 1891, Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel, Ludwig Schwabe: “To the bilingual glossaria belong also the so-called glossae…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα
Today it means
noun Synonym of gloss and glossary, particularly (historical) in medieval contexts.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γλῶσσα / glossarium