Etymology

isoagglutinin

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Today it means: A hemagglutinin that causes clumping of the red blood cells of animals of the same species, though not of the individual animal producing it. Full definition →

English agglutinin ← Latin agglūtinātu ← Proto-Italic *gloiten
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  4. Proto-Italic*ad
  5. Proto-Italic*ad-
  6. Latinad-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  9. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  10. Latinglūten
  11. Latinglūtinō
  12. Latinagglūtinō
  13. Latinagglūtinātu
  14. Englishagglutinate
  15. Englishagglutinin
  16. English todayisoagglutinin

From iso- + agglutinin.

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