Etymology of glamour
Posted by Johannes on 27 December 2009
Origin of glamour
The word glamour (magic charm, alluring beauty or charm, a spell affecting the eye, a kind of haze in the air) comes from the Scottish term gramarye (magic, enchantment, spell), an alteration of the English word grammar (any sort of scholarship) from the latin grammatica, which is a transliteration of the Greek word grammatice (grammar; γραμματική).
From the same root.
glamorize, glamorous, grammar, grammatical, grammatic
In modern Greek:
a) gramma: letter [γράμμα]
b) grammateas: secretary [γραμματέας]
c) grammatia: secretariat [γραμματεία]
d) grammatici: grammar [γραμματική]
e) grammaticos: grammatical [γραμματικός]
f) grammatio: note, bill, bond [γραμμάτιο]
g) grammatocivotio: letter-box [γραμματοκιβώτιο]
h) grammatosimo: stamp [γραμματόσημο]
Note: Others etymologize the Scottish gramarye from the Greek grammarion (gram; weight unit; γραμμάριο).
Η λέξη glamour (γοητεία, θέλγητρο, σαγήνη, γόητρο, λάμψη) προέρχεται από το λατινικό grammatica, το οποίο αποτελεί μεταγραφή του ελληνικού γραμματική.
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