Etymograph

English

glorificate

Glorificate comes from Latin glōrificō ‘to glorify’, and goes back to glōria ‘glory, renown, fame, honor’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōria1‘glory, renown, fame, honor’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōrificō2‘to glorify’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1996glorificate2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin glorifico
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English glorificate
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, AK-Nickel, good dk-type bands now?: “The lyrics are some kind of violence-glorificating "let it…”.

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōriaWiktionary, Latin glorifico‘glory, renown, fame, honor’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEglōrificōWiktionary, English glorificate‘to glorify’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1996glorificateWiktionary, English glorificate. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1996, AK-Nickel, good dk-type bands now?: “The lyrics are some kind of violence-glorificating "let it…”

The story

For its use by non-native speakers, compare Occitan, Portuguese, and Spanish glorificar and Italian glorificare, from Latin glōrificō.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Latin glōria ‘glory, renown, fame, honor’

glory, gloriously, 7 more

Today it means

verb To glorify.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “glorificate”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin glorifico. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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