Etymology

glandulous

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or composed of glands; glandular, glandulose. Full definition →

Late Latin glandulōsus ← Latin glandula
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromglandula
  2. Late Latin · borrowed fromglandulōsus
  3. English todayglandulous

Borrowed from Late Latin glandulōsus, from Latin glandula. By surface analysis, glandule + -ous.

Words from the same roots

Latinglandula all →

glandersglanduleglanduliferous

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