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Where does “gloire” come from?

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

gloire (Old French): glory

Definitions

  1. glory

Ancestry of “gloire”, 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 “gloire”

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