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Where does “glorie” come from?

glorie (Middle English) comes from Old French glorie, from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

glorie (Middle English): Distinction or recognition; the state of being...

Definitions

  1. Distinction or recognition; the state of being...

Ancestry of “glorie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchglorieAlternative form of gloire; glory
2Latinglōria—
3Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
4Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
5Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
6Proto-Italic*-om—
7Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “glorie”

  • glory
  • glorieth
  • gloriest
  • gloriful
  • gloryless
  • gloryful
  • ungloriful
  • glory-worthy
  • glory days
  • degloried
  • disglory
  • glorisome
  • foreglory
  • beglory
  • glorie
  • gloriless
  • glory
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