Etymology

erythroagglutinin

Today it means: A lectin, isolated from the red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), that is involved in red cell agglutination Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁rudʰrós
  3. Proto-Hellenic*erutʰrós
  4. Ancient Greekἐρῠθρός (erŭthrós)
  5. Englisherythro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  7. Proto-Italic*ad
  8. Proto-Italic*ad-
  9. Latinad-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  12. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  13. Latinglūten
  14. Latinglūtinō
  15. Latinagglūtinō
  16. Latinagglūtinātu
  17. Englishagglutinate
  18. Englishagglutinin
  19. English todayerythroagglutinin

From erythro- + agglutinin.

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