Etymology

zooagglutinin

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Today it means: An agglutinin protein present in some venoms Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷyéh₃-w-os
  3. Proto-Hellenic*d͏̌ōwós
  4. Ancient Greekζωός (zōós)
  5. Ancient Greekζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
  6. Ancient Greekζῷον (zōîon)
  7. Englishzoo-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gleyH-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*glóh₁ytn̥
  14. Proto-Italic*gloiten
  15. Latinglūten
  16. Latinglūtinō
  17. Latinagglūtinō
  18. Latinagglūtinātu
  19. Englishagglutinate
  20. Englishagglutinin
  21. English todayzooagglutinin

From zoo- + agglutinin.

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