Etymograph

English

coagulate

Coagulate comes from Middle English coagulaten ‘(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate’, from Latin coāgulātus ‘curdled’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘do, make, drive’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgō‘bring together, gather, collect’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāgulum‘a means of curdling, rennet’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāgulō‘to curdle, coagulate’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāgulātus‘curdled’perfect passive participle of coāgulō
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500coagulat‘coagulated’
  10. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500coagulaten‘(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate’
  11. Englishtodaycoagulate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂eǵ-‘to drive’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂éǵeti‘to be driving’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*agō‘to drive’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEagō‘do, make, drive’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcōgō‘bring together, gather, collect’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāgulum‘a means of curdling, rennet’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāgulō‘to curdle, coagulate’
  8. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoāgulātus‘curdled’perfect passive participle of coāgulō
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500coagulat‘coagulated’
  10. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500coagulaten‘(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate’
  11. Englishtodaycoagulate

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- ‘to drive’

suggest, register, essay, acre, gesture, digest, congestion, agrarian, belligerent, ingestion, progesterone, gestation, ingest, axiomatic, samaj, agitate, agger, gerund, gestion, 127 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti ‘to be driving’

strategy, agony, reactionary, antagonist, axiom, antagonism, agonist, antagonize, glucagon, stratagem, agonize, 101 more

through Proto-Italic *agō ‘to drive’

reaction, actively, transaction, inactive, radioactive, hyperactivity, retroactive, unambiguous, reagent, ambiguously, 79 more

through Latin agō ‘do, make, drive’

act, action, active, activity, actual, agency, actor, agent, examine, examination, agenda, activate, enact, ambiguous, assay, ambiguity, agile, agility, agitation, radium, actuator, actuation, inexact, exigent, redact, actuate, 96 more

through Latin cōgō ‘bring together, gather, collect’

squat, cogent, 3 more

through Latin coāgulō ‘to curdle, coagulate’

quail, 2 more

Another origin of coagulate

  1. Hittitemodernḫannaⁱ-transliteratedcuneiform ḫannaⁱ-, a transliteration‘to sue, judge’
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁nómn̥‘name’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*nōmn̥‘name’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōmen‘name’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEnomino‘to name, give name to’
  6. New Latinc. 1500–1900nōminātīvusas nominative
  7. New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900coāgulātum
  8. Englishtodaycoagulate

Today it means

verb To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- / coagulate

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