Where does "Polyglot" come from?

Polyglot comes from the Greek words "poly", which means "many", and "glotus", which means "tongue". Generally, a polyglot is someone who can speak more than one language fluently. More specifically, someone who is fluent in two languages is called a bilingual, someone who can speak three languages is called a trilingual, and someone who can speak six languages or more is called a hyperpolyglot.

The greatest polyglot ever is considered to be Carlos Amaral, known to have spoken 110 languages , followed by Francisco Valdomiro Lorenz, who spoke 104 languages. The greatest living polyglot, and the third biggest ever, is considered to be Ziad Fazah, who speaks 58 languages. Read more about Ziad Fazah

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