Before revision: Etymology Starting in the 14th century, a gloze in the English language was a marginal note or explanation, borrowed from French glose , which comes from medieval Latin glōsa, classical glōssa , meaning an obsolete or foreign word that needs explanation.Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, s.v.
After revision: Etymology Starting in the 14th century, a gloze in the English language was a marginal note or explanation, borrowed from French , which comes from medieval Latin classical , , meaning an obsolete or foreign word that needs explanation.Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, s.v.