glown

The story

1. Old English · derived fromglōwan“to glow”
2. Old English · inherited fromglowen
3. Middle English · inherited from*glowen
4. English todayglown

Perhaps a survival of Middle English *glowen, *iglowen, from Old English glowen, ġeglōwen, past participle of Old English glōwan (“to glow”); equivalent to glow + -n.

Words from the same roots