The story
- Latin · derived fromvānus“empty”
- Old French · derived fromvain glorios
- Middle English · inherited fromveinglorious
- English todayvainglorious
From Middle English veinglorious, from Old French vain glorios, from Latin vānus (“empty”) + glōriōsus.
Words from the same roots
Latinvānus all →
vainvauntvaniloquence
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.