Etymology

glassen

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Today it means: Made of or consisting of glass. Full definition →

Middle English glassen ← Old English glæsen ← Proto-West Germanic *glasīn
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glassen · adjective1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*glasīn“made of glass; glazen”
  2. Old English · inherited fromglæsen“made of glass”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromglassen
  4. English todayglassen

From Middle English glassen, glasen, from Old English glæsen (“made of glass”), from Proto-West Germanic *glasīn (“made of glass; glazen”). Equivalent to glass + -en (adjective suffix). Doublet of glazen.

glassen · verb2

From glass + -en (verbal suffix).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishglæsen all →

Proto-West Germanic*glasīn all →

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