Etymology

autoagglutinate

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Today it means: To cause or to undergo autoagglutination. Full definition →

English agglutinate ← Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Italic*ad
  12. Proto-Italic*ad-
  13. Latinad-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  16. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  17. Latinglūten
  18. Latinglūtinō
  19. Latinagglūtinō
  20. Latinagglūtinātu
  21. Englishagglutinate
  22. English todayautoagglutinate

From auto- + agglutinate.

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