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Where does “ungloriful” come from?

ungloriful (English) comes from English gloriful, from English glory, from Middle English glory, from Old French glorie, from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um.

ungloriful (English): Not gloriful or glorious; unglorious

Definitions

  1. Not gloriful or glorious; unglorious

Ancestry of “ungloriful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglorifulFilled with glory; glorious
2EnglishgloryGreat or overwhelming beauty or splendour;...
3Middle EnglishgloryAlternative form of glorie
4Old FrenchglorieAlternative form of gloire; glory
5Latinglōria—
6Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
7Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
8Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
9Proto-Italic*-om—
10Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
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