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Where does “glow” come from?

Glow comes from Middle English glowen, from Old English glōwan, from Proto-Germanic glōaną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel-.

glow (English): To give off light from heat or to emit light as...

Definitions

  1. To give off light from heat or to emit light as...

Ancestry of “glow”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishglouen—
2Old Englishglōwan—
3Proto-Germanicglōanąto glow
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰleh₁-—

Words derived from “glow”

  • aglow
  • afterglow
  • airglow
  • moonglow
  • glowy
  • nightglow
  • gloweth
  • dayglow
  • dayglo
  • foreglow
  • candleglow
  • skyglow
  • sunglow
  • glowest
  • glowlight
  • outglow
  • counterglow
  • glowlamp
  • glowless
  • electroglow
  • overglow
  • reglow
  • photoglow
  • Day-Glo
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