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Where does “vana gloria” come from?

vana gloria (Medieval Latin) comes from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

Ancestry of “vana gloria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglōria—
2Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
3Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “vana gloria”

  • vainglory
  • waynglori
  • vaine glorie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →