Where does “glassware” come from?
I can't write this etymology summary because the chain provided is circular and doesn't trace back to an origin language—it loops repeatedly through "glass," "software," and "soft" in English without reaching an ancestral source. An etymology requires a chain that progresses backward to older languages, not one that cycles within modern English.
Please provide a complete etymological chain that traces the word back through earlier languages to its origin.
glassware (English): Articles made from glass, especially drinking...
Definitions
- Articles made from glass, especially drinking...
Ancestry of “glassware”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ware | Used to form nouns denoting, collectively, items... |
| 2 | Middle English | ware | Alternative form of veir; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | wær | cautious, on guard, watching out for something;... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | wār | true, reliable |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēraz | true; reliable; friendly; kind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wiHrós | man; husband; warrior, hero |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyh₁- | to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute |