Etymology

unglamorous

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Today it means: Not glamorous; humdrum or prosaic. Full definition →

English glamorous ← Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? ← Middle English un-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishglamor
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  11. Englishglamorous
  12. English todayunglamorous

From un- + glamorous.

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