English
glomerulus
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen.
The story
From the diminutive of the Latin glomus (gen. glomeris) meaning "ball of yarn" or "ball-shaped mass".
Today it means
noun A small intertwined group of capillaries within nephrons of the kidney that filter the blood to make urine
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / glomerulus