Etymograph

English

isoagglutinin

Isoagglutinin comes from English agglutinin.

  1. English1500–presentagglutinin
  2. Englishtodayisoagglutinin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentagglutinin
  2. Englishtodayisoagglutinin

A compound of iso- + agglutinin

Ancient Greek ἴσος ‘equal’

English iso-

Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- ‘to smear, putty’

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Latin glūtinō ‘to glue (together)’

Latin agglūtinō ‘to glue, paste, solder or cement to something’

Latin agglūtinātu

English agglutinate

English agglutinin

Today it means

noun A hemagglutinin that causes clumping of the red blood cells of animals of the same species, though not of the individual animal producing it.

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

Etymograph / English agglutinin / isoagglutinin