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glotto-

glotto- prefix: synonym of glosso-.

Prefix

glotto-

  1. Synonym of glosso-.
    • glotto- + -phobia → glottophobia
    Synonyms:
    glosso-

Synonyms of glotto-

Forms of glotto-

alternative formglott-

Origin of glotto-

Learned borrowing from Attic Greek γλωττο- (glōtto-) from the Ancient Greek γλῶττα (glôtta, “tongue”), Attic form of γλῶσσα (glôssa).

Questions about glotto-

What does glotto- mean?
Glotto- means synonym of glosso-.
What part of speech is glotto-?
Glotto- is a prefix.

Words near glotto- in the dictionary

  1. glottides
  2. glottis
  3. glottiscope
  4. glottiscopes
  5. glottises
  6. glotto-
  7. glottochronologic
  8. glottochronological
  9. glottochronologically
  10. glottochronologist
  11. glottochronologists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glotto- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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