Etymology

agglomerate

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Today it means: collected into a ball, heap, or mass Full definition →

Latin agglomerātus ← Proto-Indo-European *gel- ← Proto-Italic *ad-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  6. Latinglomus
  7. Latinglomerō
  8. Latinagglomerō
  9. Latinagglomerātus
  10. English todayagglomerate

From Latin agglomerātus, past participle of agglomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from ad- (“to”) + glomerō (“to wind into a ball”), from glomus (“a ball”), akin to globus (“a ball”).

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