Before revision: Etymology Starting in the 14th century, a gloze 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: in the English languageEtymology Starting in the 14th century, a gloze 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.