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Where does “glamer” come from?

glamer (Scots) comes from Middle English gramer, from Old French gramaire, from Vulgar Latin *grammāria, from Latin grammatica, from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός, from Ancient Greek γράμμα, from Ancient Greek γράφω — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

glamer (Scots): noise; the visual influence of a charm, causing...

Definitions

  1. noise; the visual influence of a charm, causing...

Ancestry of “glamer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgramergrammar; Latin
2Old Frenchgramairegrammar; grimoire; magician; conjuror
3Vulgar Latin*grammāria—
4Latingrammaticagrammar, philology; ablative singular of...
5Latingrammaticusof or pertaining to the study of language, of...
6Ancient Greekγραμματικόςknowing one’s letters, of a good scholar;...
7Ancient Greekγράμμαthat which is written, that which is drawn,...
8Ancient Greekγράφωto scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to...
9Proto-Hellenicgrəpʰōto scratch, cut or carve into; to draw ,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeangerbʰ-to carve
11Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “glamer”

  • glamour
  • glam
  • glamourless
  • glammy
  • glamourize
  • glamourpuss
  • glamourise
  • glamourisation
  • englamour
  • glamourization
  • beglamour
  • glamorless
  • glamoursome
  • glamcore
  • glamourwear
  • glam band
  • glamourama
  • glamfest
  • glamoroso
  • glamour
  • glamour
  • glamour
  • glamour
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