Etymology

sunglasses

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Today it means: Tinted glasses worn to protect the eyes from the sun or other bright light, and may also be worn as a fashion accessory. Full definition →

English glasses ← Middle English sonne ← Old English sunne
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sunglasses · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥
  2. Proto-Germanic*sunnô
  3. Proto-Germanic*sunnǭ
  4. Proto-West Germanic*sunnā
  5. Old Englishsunne
  6. Middle Englishsonne
  7. Englishsun
  8. Englishglasses
  9. English todaysunglasses

From sun + glasses.

sunglasses · noun2

From sunglass + -es.

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