Where does “aglandular” come from?
aglandular (English) comes from English glandular, from French glandulaire, from French glandule, from Latin glāndula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
aglandular (English): Not glandular
Definitions
- Not glandular
Ancestry of “aglandular”, step by step
aglandular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glandular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glandular | Pertaining to a gland or glands |
| 2 | French | glandulaire | glandular |
| 3 | French | glandule | glandule |
| 4 | Latin | glāndula | a little acorn |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via English A
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | A | The ordinal number first, derived from this... |
| 2 | English | AND | Alternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator;... |
| 3 | Middle English | and | and, and then; however, yet, but, though. while;... |
| 4 | Old English | and | and; even; also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | andi | in addition, furthermore, and |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énti | opposite; near; in front |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |