glory

glory · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived fromglōria“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”
2. Old French · derived fromglorie“glory”
3. Middle English · inherited fromglory
4. English todayglory

From Middle English glory, glorie, from Old French glorie (“glory”), from Latin glōria (“glory, fame, renown, praise, ambition, boasting”). Doublet of gloria. Displaced native Old English wuldor.

Glory · proper noun²

From glory as a variant of the more common Gloria.

Words from the same roots