prefix ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Prefix

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the tongue. morpheme

   "glossopharyngeal"

2. 2
   Of or pertaining to language or speech. morpheme

   "glossolalia"

Synonyms

All synonyms

linguo

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ (glôssă, “tongue; language”) + -o-.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.