Where does “gloire” come from?
gloire (Middle French) comes from Old French gloire, from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
gloire (Middle French): glory
Ancestry of “gloire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | gloire | glory |
| 2 | Latin | glōria | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ana | inflection of -ānus:
## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | -anus | Of or pertaining to; -ian |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |