English
glozer
Glozer comes from Anglo-Norman glosor.
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400glosor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gloser
- Englishearliest quotation 1580glozer
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400glosor
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gloser
- Englishearliest quotation 1580glozer
Earliest quotation: 1580, Humphrey Gifford: “To toss the buckler and the blade, Lewd women…”
Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ ‘the tongue’
Medieval Latin glossa ‘an obsolete, foreign, rare, or otherwise…’
Old French gloser
Middle English glosen ‘to gloze’
English gloze
Every English word from Anglo-Norman glosor
Today it means
noun A glosser; one who covers things in gloss.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Anglo-Norman glosor / glozer