Etymology

autoagglutination

Today it means: The clumping together of an individual's red blood cells by his or her own serum due to the cells being coated on the surface with antibodies Full definition →

English agglutination ← New Latin agglutinatio ← Latin agglūtinō
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The story

  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. Frenchagglutination
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  12. Proto-Italic*ad
  13. Proto-Italic*ad-
  14. Latinad-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  17. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  18. Latinglūten
  19. Latinglūtinō
  20. Latinagglūtinō
  21. New Latinagglutinatio
  22. Englishagglutination
  23. English todayautoagglutination

From auto- + agglutination.

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