Where does “glean” come from?
Glean comes from Middle English glenen, from Anglo-Norman glener, from Late Latin gleno, from Proto-Celtic glanos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- meaning to extract or pull out.
glean (English): To collect left behind after the main harvest or...
Definitions
- To collect left behind after the main harvest or...
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Words derived from “glean”