Etymology

gelatin

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Today it means: A protein derived through partial hydrolysis of the collagen extracted from animal skin, bones, cartilage, ligaments, etc. Full definition →

French gélatine ← Italian gelatina ← Latin gelāre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gel-
  2. Latingelū
  3. Latingelāre
  4. Italiangelare
  5. Italiangelatina
  6. Frenchgélatine
  7. English todaygelatin

Borrowed from French gélatine (“jelly, gel”), from Italian gelatina (“jelly, gel”), from gelare (“to freeze”), from Latin gelō (“to freeze”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchgélatine all →

gel

Italiangelatina all →

gel

Latingelō all →

Jell-O

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