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isinglass

i·sin·glass

Today it means: A form of gelatin obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer. Full definition →

Dutch huisenblas ← German Hausenblase

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German · derived fromHausenblase
Dutch · derived fromhuisenblas
English todayisinglass

Apparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeon of the Huso genus”) + Blase (“bladder”), with alteration after glass.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.