gluten

The story

1. Latin · derived fromglūten“glue”
2. Middle French · borrowed fromgluten
3. English todaygluten

From Middle French gluten, borrowed from Latin glūten (“glue”).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• 16th–19th c. Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
• from 17th c. Any gluey, sticky substance.
• from 19th c. The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
• from 19th c. A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.