English

gladhand

From glad + hand.

A compound of glad + hand

Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-

Proto-Germanic *gladaz ‘shiny’

Old English glæd ‘shining’

Middle English glad ‘joyful’

English glad

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Today it means

verb —

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

Etymograph / gladhand