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==Etymology==
''Glossolalia'' is a borrowing of the {{lang|grc|γλωσσολαλία}} ({{transliteration|grc|glossolalía}}), which is a compound of the {{lang|grc|γλῶσσα}} ({{transliteration|grc|glossa}}) {{gloss|tongue, language}}<ref>{{cite dictionary |entry-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dglw%3Dssa |entry=γλῶσσα  |first1=Henry George |last1=Liddell |first2=Robert |last2=Scott |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |editor-first1=Henry Stuart |editor-last1=Jones |editor-first2=Roderick |editor-last2=McKenzie |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1940}}</ref> and {{lang|grc|λαλέω}} ({{transliteration|grc|laleō}}) {{gloss|to speak, talk, chat, prattle, make a sound}}.<ref>{{cite dictionary |entry-url=https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3Dlale%2Fw |entry=λαλέω |first1=Henry George |last1=Liddell |first2=Robert |last2=Scott |title=A Greek-English Lexicon |editor-first1=Henry Stuart |editor-last1=Jones |editor-first2=Roderick |editor-last2=McKenzie |location=Oxford |publisher=Clarendon Press |year=1940}}</ref> The Greek expression (in various forms) appears in the New Testament in the books of [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] and [[First Corinthians]]. In Acts 2, the followers of Christ receive the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]] and speak in the languages of at least fifteen countries or ethnic groups.

The exact phrase ''speaking in tongues'' has been used at least since the translation of the New Testament into [[Middle English]] in the [[Wycliffe Bible]] in the 14th century.<ref>{{Bibleverse|Mark|16:17|wyc}} </ref> [[Frederic Farrar]] first used the word ''glossolalia'' in 1879.<ref>{{cite dictionary |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |edition=2nd |year=1989 |entry=glossolalia}}</ref>