Philosopher's Stone

Etymology

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Etymology of 'Gloss' and 'Glossary': From Greek 'Glossa' (Tongue)

The scholarly sense of {{gloss}} — a brief explanation of a difficult word or passage — descends from Greek 'glossa' (tongue, language) via Latin 'glossa', and is the direct ancestor of {{glossary}}. It is a homonym of the unrelated 'gloss' meaning sheen, which has a separate Germanic origin.

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Gloss (Annotation): Marginal and Interlinear Notes in Medieval Manuscripts

A {{gloss}} is a brief explanation of a difficult word or passage, written between the lines (interlinear) or in the margin (marginal) of a text. The medieval practice of glossing Latin works with vernacular equivalents preserved valuable evidence of early languages and gave rise to the first {{glossary}} collections.

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Glossolalia: 'Speaking in Tongues' and Its Greek Root

{{Glossolalia}}, popularly called 'speaking in tongues', is the practice of uttering speech-like sounds that believers often take to be a language unknown to the speaker. The word is built from Greek 'glossa' (tongue, language) and 'laleo' (to speak), making it a relative of {{gloss}} and {{glossary}}.

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