Etymology

glair

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Today it means: Egg white, especially as used in various industrial preparations. Full definition →

Middle English glaire ← Old French glaire ← Vulgar Latin *clāria
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  1. Latin · derived fromclārus“clear”
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*clāria
  3. Old French · derived fromglaire
  4. Middle English · inherited fromglaire
  5. English todayglair

From Middle English glaire, from Old French glaire, from Vulgar Latin *clāria, a substantive use of Latin clārus (“clear”).

Words from the same roots

Latinclārus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.