polyglottic

polyglottic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English glottis
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Indo-European *-ikos
Proto-Italic *-ikos
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English glottic
English polyglottic

    From poly- + glottic.

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɒtɪk

    Adjective

    polyglottic (comparative more polyglottic, superlative most polyglottic)

    1. polyglot

    Derived terms

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