English
glabrous
Glabrous comes from Latin glaber ‘smooth’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaber‘smooth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1670glabrous
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglaber‘smooth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1670glabrous
Earliest quotation: 1670, John Evelyn, . Chapter IV. Of the Elm.: “[T]he Vernacula or French Elm, whoſe leaves are thicker,…”
The story
Glaber is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰleh₂dʰ- (‘smooth; bright, shining’), possibly from *ǵʰelh₂- (‘to shine’).
Every English word from Latin glaber
Today it means
adj Bald, hairless; smooth.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin glaber / glabrous