Where does “gloriless” come from?
gloriless (English) comes from English glory, from Middle English glory, from Old French glorie, from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om.
gloriless (English): Without glory; unglorious
Definitions
- Without glory; unglorious
Ancestry of “gloriless”, step by step
gloriless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glory
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glory | Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour;... |
| 2 | Middle English | glory | Alternative form of glorie |
| 3 | Old French | glorie | Alternative form of gloire; glory |
| 4 | Latin | glōria | glory, renown, fame, honor |
| 5 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 7 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |