English

aglitter

From a- + glitter.

A compound of a- + glitter

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Germanic *glitrōną ‘to glitter’

Old Norse glitra

Middle English gliteren

Today it means

adj Glittering.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / aglitter