agglutinate
/əɡˈluːtɪˌneɪt/uh-GLOO-tih-nayt
/əɡˈlutɪˌneɪt/uh-GLOO-tih-nayt
Meaningto glue to
Common meaning: to stick together
- agto, towards (form of ad-)
- glutglueLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 818 · scan
- inchemical noun ending
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘to, towards (form of ad-)’ + ‘glue’ → agglutinate
Journey through time
- Latinglūten‘glue’
- Englishagglutinate‘to stick together’ · today
ag- also in: aggregateaggrandiseagglomerate
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin glūten ‘glue’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry glūten, p. 818 · dictionary scan
Roots
- glūten Latin “glue”
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