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Where does “waynglori” come from?

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

waynglori (Middle English): worthless glory

Definitions

  1. worthless glory

Ancestry of “waynglori”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvaine glorie—
2Medieval Latinvana gloria—
3Latinglōria—
4Latin-anainflection of -ānus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latin-anusOf or pertaining to; -ian
6Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
7Proto-Italic*-om—
8Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—

Words derived from “waynglori”

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