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by ET-11 on September 8th, 2008
Greek:
Poly = many
Glot (glotta) = tongue
Webster says 1645. Can be used to describe a person who can speak several languages, or a book that has text in differentlanguages.
by boris f. pallominy on April 21st, 2011
"Polyglot" is a word composed of two Greek root-words: Poly and Glottae. "Poly" means "many", and "glottae" means "tongues". Therefore, if you put them together you get: "many tongues". The term polyglot is then used to describe a person that speaks two or more languages, usually three or more. We are more used to the term "bilingual" for someone who speaks two languages, like English and Spanish for example.
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