Etymograph

English

glutination

Glutination comes from Latin glūtinō ‘to glue (together)’, and goes back to 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 CEglūten‘glue’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglūtinō‘to glue (together)’
  6. Englishtodayglutination

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 CEglūten‘glue’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEglūtinō‘to glue (together)’
  6. Englishtodayglutination

Linked words

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

clay, 18 more

through Latin glūten ‘glue’

glue, gluten, glutamic, 18 more

Today it means

noun A gluing together; a joining together with, or as though with, glue.

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

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