Where does “glide” come from?

Glide comes from Middle English gliden, from Old English glīdan, from Proto-West Germanic glīdan, from Proto-Germanic glīdaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰleydʰ-.

glide (English): To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly; To fly...

Definitions

  1. To move softly, smoothly, or effortlessly; To fly...

Ancestry of “glide”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishglidento glide
2Old Englishglīdanto glide
3Proto-West Germanicglīdanto glide, to slide
4Proto-Germanicglīdanąto glide; slide
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰleydʰ-to glide

Words derived from “glide”

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