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Where does “electroglow” come from?

electroglow (English) comes from English glow, from Middle English glouen, from Old English glōwan, from Proto-Germanic glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-.

electroglow (English): airglow

Definitions

  1. airglow

Ancestry of “electroglow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglowTo give off light from heat or to emit light as...
2Middle Englishglouen—
3Old Englishglōwan—
4Proto-Germanicglōanąto glow
5Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰleh₁-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- →