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Where does “γλία” come from?

γλία (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

γλία (Ancient Greek): glue

Definitions

  1. glue

Ancestry of “γλία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European*gley-—

Words derived from “γλία”

  • glial
  • microglia
  • glia
  • glioblastoma
  • microglial
  • neuroglia
  • oligodendroglial
  • astroglial
  • neuroglial
  • oligodendroglia
  • astroglia
  • glioneuronal
  • gliogenesis
  • gliosarcoma
  • zoogloea
  • macroglia
  • zoogloeic
  • macroglial
  • axoglial
  • gliovascular
  • gliogenic
  • nonglial
  • zoogloeal
  • antiglial
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