Where does “glamourless” come from?
glamourless (English) comes from English glamour, from Scots glamer, from Middle English gramer, from Old French gramaire, from Vulgar Latin *grammāria, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
glamourless (English): Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane
Definitions
- Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane
Ancestry of “glamourless”, step by step
glamourless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glamour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glamour | Originally, enchantment; magic charm; especially,... |
| 2 | Scots | glamer | noise; the visual influence of a charm, causing... |
| 3 | Middle English | gramer | grammar; Latin |
| 4 | Old French | gramaire | grammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *grammāria | — |
| 6 | Latin | grammatica | grammar, philology; ablative singular of... |
| 7 | Latin | grammaticus | of or pertaining to the study of language, of... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | γραμματικός | knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γράμμα | that which is written, that which is drawn,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |