-glot

a combining form with the meanings “having a tongue,” “speaking, writing, or written in a language” of the kind or number specified by the initial element:
polyglot.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -glot¹

< Greek ( Attic ) -glottos -tongued, adj. derivative of glôtta tongue; glotto-

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Triglot, trī′glot, adj. containing three languages.

Glottis, glot′is, n. the opening of the larynx or entrance to the windpipe.—adj.

It was carried on by Glot in 1773.

Glot' tis, the opening between the vocal cords, or the mouth of the windpipe.

"No glot clooklies—glot him clake," the Chinese answered.

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