Etymograph

English

glow

Glow comes from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- ‘to shine, glow’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰleh₁-‘to shine, glow’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glouen
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600glow

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰleh₁-‘to shine, glow’root as named · steps between not traced
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glouen
  3. Englishearliest quotation c. 1598–1600glow

Earliest quotation: c. 1598–1600, William Shakespeare, As You Like It: “If you vvill ſee a pageant truely plaid /…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁-

Another origin of glow

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glouen‘to gaze, stare’
  2. Englishtodayglow

Today it means

verb To emit heat and light without a flame.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰleh₁- / glow

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