Where does “beglamourment” come from?
beglamourment (English) comes from English beglamour, from English glamour, from Scots glamer, from Middle English gramer, from Old French gramaire, from Vulgar Latin *grammāria, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
beglamourment (English): The act of beglamouring; the state of being beglamoured
Definitions
- The act of beglamouring; the state of being beglamoured
Ancestry of “beglamourment”, step by step
beglamourment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beglamour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beglamour | To make glamorous; To bedazzle; to deceive as if... |
| 2 | English | glamour | Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially,... |
| 3 | Scots | glamer | noise; the visual influence of a charm, causing... |
| 4 | Middle English | gramer | grammar; Latin |
| 5 | Old French | gramaire | grammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *grammāria | — |
| 7 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 8 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |