Latin

glāns

‘an acorn’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin glāns.

5 English words in this record descend from Latin glāns, most familiar first.

• gland ← glande ← glandre ← glandulae ← glandula
• glans
• juglans ← iūglāns
• glandule ← glandula
• juglandin ← iūglāns

Etymograph / Latin glāns