Where does “glory” come from?
Glory comes from Middle English glorie, from Latin gloria, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root ǵneh₃-.
glory (English): Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour;...
Definitions
- Great or overwhelming beauty or splendour;...
Ancestry of “glory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | glory | Alternative form of glorie |
| 2 | Old French | glorie | Alternative form of gloire; glory |
| 3 | Latin | glōria | glory, renown, fame, honor |
| 4 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 6 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |