Etymology

agglutinate

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Today it means: United with glue or as with glue; cemented together. Full definition →

Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten ← Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  7. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  8. Latinglūten
  9. Latinglūtinō
  10. Latinagglūtinō
  11. Latinagglūtinātu
  12. English todayagglutinate

From Latin agglūtinātus, past participle of agglūtināre, adglūtināre (“to glue or cement to a thing”), from ad (“to”) + glūtināre (“to glue”), from glūten (“paste, glue”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.