From Greek γλωσσα (glossa [tongue]) and χομεω (comeo [to protect]); Term mentioned by Rambelli, who explicitly refers to the Piva; NB: Linguistic information quoted from Aquilino Bonavilla & Marco Aurelio Marchi: »Dizionario etimologico di tutti i vocaboli usati nelle scienze, arti e mestieri che traggono origine dal greco [Etymological dictionary of all the words used in sciences, arts and crafts that originate from Greek]«, tomo III (Milano, 1820).