Etymograph

English

gluer

Gluer comes from Middle English glewer ‘someone who glues’, from glewen ‘to glue’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- ‘to stick’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gleyH-‘to stick’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*glóh₁ytn̥reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gloitenreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgluten‘glue’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEglus
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gluer
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glewen‘to glue’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500glewer‘someone who glues’
  9. Englishtodaygluer

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gleyH-‘to stick’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*glóh₁ytn̥reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*gloitenreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgluten‘glue’
  5. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEglus
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400gluer
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500glewen‘to glue’
  8. Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500glewer‘someone who glues’
  9. Englishtodaygluer

Equivalent to glue + -er

Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- ‘to stick, glue’

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Latin glūten

Late Latin glūs

Old French glu ‘glue, birdlime’

Middle English glew

English glue

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- ‘to stick’

clay, 18 more

through Latin gluten ‘glue’

gluten, glutinous, glutamic, 18 more

Today it means

noun One who glues.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- / gluer

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