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glow

/ɡˈləʊ/GLOH
/ɡˈloʊ/GLOH

Meaningburning brightly

Common meaning: to shine with heat

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAR‘glow, to shine’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 110, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Englishglowan‘to glow’source
  3. Middle Englishglowensource
  4. Englishglow‘to shine with heat’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English glowan ‘burning brightly’.

Roots

  • glowan Old English “burning brightly”

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