Etymology

gelatinise

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Today it means: Non-Oxford British spelling of gelatinize. Full definition →

English gelatin ← French gélatine ← Italian gelatina
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The story

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

From gelatin + -ise.

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