glove

Glove comes from Old English glōf, from Proto-Germanic galōfô, itself built from ga- (a collective, joining prefix) plus lōfô, meaning the flat of the hand or palm. That root traces back to a Proto-Indo-European base meaning 'flat.'

The word has stayed remarkably steady in form and meaning — from Old English glōf straight through to modern English glove, always naming a covering for the hand.

It's related to Middle English lofe or lufe, meaning the palm of the hand, and connects to the word loof, which carries that same 'palm' sense. Scots gluve/gluive and Icelandic glófi are cognates showing the same Germanic root at work.