English
glad
Glad comes from Middle English glad ‘joyful, merry, happy’, from Old English glæd ‘shining’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰladʰ-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gladaz‘shiny’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150glæd‘shining’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glad‘joyful’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1587same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰladʰ-reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gladaz‘shiny’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150glæd‘shining’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glad‘joyful’
- Englishearliest quotation a. 1587same form
Earliest quotation: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., (please specify the folio): “Her conversation / More glad to me than to…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-
Today it means
adj Pleased; happy; gratified.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ- / glad