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Where does “glamourisation” come from?

glamourisation (English) comes from English glamourise, 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...

glamourisation (English): British spelling spelling of glamorization

Definitions

  1. British spelling spelling of glamorization

Ancestry of “glamourisation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglamouriseAlternative spelling of glamorize
2EnglishglamourOriginally, enchantment; magic charm; especially,...
3Scotsglamernoise; the visual influence of a charm, causing...
4Middle Englishgramergrammar; Latin
5Old Frenchgramairegrammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror
6Vulgar Latin*grammāria—
7Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
8Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
9Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
10Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
11Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
12Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
13Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
14Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
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