Etymology

coagulate

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Today it means: To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass. Full definition →

Middle English coagulaten ← Latin coāgulātus
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coagulate · verb1

  1. Latin · derived fromcoāgulātus
  2. Middle English · inherited fromcoagulaten“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”
  3. English todaycoagulate

From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle.

coagulate · adjective2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromcoagulat(e)“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”
  2. English todaycoagulate

From Middle English coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”), also used as the past participle of coagulaten and of coagulate in Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

coagulate · noun3

  1. New Latin · derived fromcoāgulātum
  2. English todaycoagulate

From New Latin coāgulātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of coāgulātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

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