Gluttony
/ˈɡlʌt.ən.i/noun
Excessive eating or drinking; habitual greed or overindulgence.
Did you know?In medieval Christian morality, gluttony was treated as a spiritual vice tied to loss of self-control, which is why the word still carries a heavy sense of moral excess beyond food.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gleu-
“to swallow, gulp”
Latin
Latin
gluttire
“to swallow greedily, gulp down”
Late Latin
Latin
glutto
“a greedy eater, glutton”
Old French
Old French
gloton
“a greedy eater; one who consumes excessively”
Middle English
English
glotouny
“habitual greed in eating or drinking”
Modern English
English
gluttony
“excessive eating or drinking; habitual overindulgence”