The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰleh₂dʰ-“smooth; bright, shining”
- Latin · derived fromglaber“smooth; bald, hairless”
- English todayglabrous
From Latin glaber (“smooth; bald, hairless”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives, denoting possession or presence of a quality in any degree, commonly in abundance). Glaber is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (“smooth; bright, shining”), possibly from *ǵʰelh₂- (“to shine”).
Words from the same roots
Latinglaber all →
glabella
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.