Where does “glasses” come from?
Glass comes from Old English glæs, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European gʰel-, likely referring to something bright or shining.
glasses (English): plural of glass; API pl; Spectacles, frames...
Definitions
- plural of glass; API pl; Spectacles, frames...
Ancestry of “glasses”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | glass | An amorphous solid, often transparent substance... |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | glas | green; grey; lock |
| 3 | Middle Irish | glas | — |
| 4 | Old Irish | glas | green, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the... |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | glastos | green, blue |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃stós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
Words derived from “glasses”