glutton

(Inglese)

Frequenza

27k
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/ˈɡlʌt(ə)n/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

From Middle English glotoun, from Old French gloton, gluton, from Latin gluttō, gluttōnis (“glutton”). The use for the wolverine is a semantic loan from German Vielfraß, itself a folk etymology for Old Norse *fjallfress (literally “mountain cat”). The popular belief that the wolverine is particularly voracious only developed because of this name. See the German for more.

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