See also historical linguistics, descriptive linguistics
glossology in American English
(ɡlɑˈsɑlədʒi, ɡlɔ-)
noun
archaic
linguistics
Derived forms
glossological (ˌɡlɑsəˈlɑdʒɪkəl, ˌɡlɔsə-)
adjective
glossologist
noun
Word origin
[1710–20; glosso- + -logy]This word is first recorded in the period 1710–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: floater, hunker, offshore, rewind, tint-logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: chronology, geology, thanatology, topology, tropology