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Where does “glòr” come from?

glòr (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish glór, from Old Irish glóir, from Latin glōria, from Latin -ana, from Latin -anus, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

glòr (Scottish Gaelic): speech, language, utterance; noise; idle talk

Definitions

  1. speech, language, utterance; noise; idle talk

Ancestry of “glòr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishglórvoice, sound, noise; speech, utterance; babbling,...
2Old Irishglóirglory; inflection of glór: ## vocative/genitive...
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—
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