English

agranular

From a- + granular.

A compound of a- + granular

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm ‘grain’

Proto-Italic *grānom ‘grain’

Latin grānum ‘grain, seed’

Latin ulum

Late Latin grānulum ‘granule, little grain’

Today it means

adj Not granular; lacking granules.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agranular