glove

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A piece of clothing that covers the hand and fingers.

   I wore gloves to keep my hands warm.

2. 2
   verb

   To put a glove or gloves on a hand.

   He gloved his hands before handling the broken glass.

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Simplified etymology

Glove comes from Old English glōf and is Germanic in origin.

From Middle English glove, glofe, from Old English glōf, *glōfe, *glōfa, ("glove"; weak forms attested only in plural form glōfan (“gloves”)), from Proto-Germanic *galōfô (“glove”), from Proto-Germanic *ga- (“collective and associative prefix”) + Proto-Germanic *lōfô (“flat of the hand, palm”), from Proto-Indo-European *lāp-, *lēp-, *lep- (“flat”). Cognate with Scots gluve, gluive (“glove”), Icelandic glófi (“glove”). Related to Middle English lofe, lufe (“palm of the hand”). More at loof.

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