English
glancer
From glance + -er.
Formed from glance + -er
Proto-Indo-European *weng- ‘to bow, to bend, to arch, to curve’
Middle English glenchen ‘of a blow: to strike obliquely, glance’
English glance
Today it means
noun One who glances.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / glancer