Where does “gluttony” come from?

Gluttony derives from Old French glutonie, from Old French gloton, from Latin gluto, from Latin gluttio, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning to swallow or devour.

gluttony (English): The vice of eating to excess

Definitions

  1. The vice of eating to excess

Ancestry of “gluttony”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchglutonie—
2Latinglutiō—
Every word from Latin glutiō →Every word from Old French glutonie →