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Where does “vanglória” come from?

vanglória (Portuguese) comes 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.

vanglória (Portuguese): vainglory

Definitions

  1. vainglory

Ancestry of “vanglória”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinvana gloria—
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 “vanglória”

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