English
gladsome
Gladsome comes from Middle English gladsom.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gladsom
- Englishearliest quotation 1847gladsome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gladsom
- Englishearliest quotation 1847gladsome
Earliest quotation: 1847, Currer Bell pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë, London: Smith: “I was not surprised, when I ran down into…”
Formed from glad + -some
Proto-Indo-European *gʰladʰ-
Proto-Germanic *gladaz ‘shiny’
Old English glæd ‘shining’
Middle English glad ‘joyful’
English glad
Every English word from Middle English gladsom
Today it means
adj Marked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gladsom / gladsome