Etymology

phytoagglutinin

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Today it means: Any plant agglutinin Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰuHyéti
  3. Ancient Greekφῠ́ω (phŭ́ō)
  4. Ancient Greekφῠτός (phŭtós)
  5. Ancient Greekφῠτόν (phŭtón)
  6. Englishphyto-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  13. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  14. Latinglūten
  15. Latinglūtinō
  16. Latinagglūtinō
  17. Latinagglūtinātu
  18. Englishagglutinate
  19. Englishagglutinin
  20. English todayphytoagglutinin

From phyto- + agglutinin.

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