Where does “glamourlessness” come from?
glamourlessness (English) comes from English glamourless, 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...
glamourlessness (English): Lack of glamour
Definitions
- Lack of glamour
Ancestry of “glamourlessness”, step by step
glamourlessness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glamourless
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glamourless | Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane |
| 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... |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |