Etymology

antihemagglutinin

Today it means: That reacts with hemagglutinin Full definition →

English hemagglutinin ← Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Englishhem-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  14. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  15. Latinglūten
  16. Latinglūtinō
  17. Latinagglūtinō
  18. Latinagglūtinātu
  19. Englishagglutinate
  20. Englishagglutinin
  21. Englishhemagglutinin
  22. English todayantihemagglutinin

From anti- + hemagglutinin.

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