Etymology

glanders

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Today it means: An infectious disease of horses, mules, and donkeys caused by the bacterium Burkholderia, one species of which may be transmitted to humans. Full definition →

Middle English glandres ← Old French glandres ← Latin glandula
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  1. Latin · derived fromglandula
  2. Old French · derived fromglandre
  3. Old French · derived fromglandres
  4. Middle English · inherited fromglandres
  5. English todayglanders

From Middle English glandres, glaundres, from Old French glandres, plural of Old French glandre, from Latin glandula. Doublet of glandule.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchglandre all →

gland

Latinglandula all →

glanduleglanduliferousglandulous

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