Etymology

gladen

glad·en
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Today it means: Sword grass. Full definition →

Old English glaedene ← Latin gladiolus
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromgladiolus“little sword; sword lily”
  2. Old English · inherited fromglaedene
  3. English todaygladen

From Old English glaedene from Latin gladiolus (“little sword; sword lily”).

Words from the same roots

Latingladiolus all →

gladiolusgladiole

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.