Etymology

glare

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Today it means: An intense, blinding light. Full definition →

Middle English glaren ← Old English *glærian ← Proto-West Germanic *glarōn
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*glarōn
  2. Old English · inherited from*glærian
  3. Middle English · inherited fromglaren
  4. English todayglare

From Middle English glaren, from Old English *glærian, from Proto-West Germanic *glarōn. Cognate with dialectal Middle Dutch glariën (“to glisten; sparkle”), Low German glaren (“to shine brightly; glow; burn”), Middle High German glaren (“to shine brightly”). Related to glower, glass.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.