Etymology

gluttony

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Today it means: The vice of eating to excess. Full definition →

Old French glutonie ← Latin glutio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromglutio
  2. Old French · derived fromglutonie
  3. English todaygluttony

From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.

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