Where does “coagulant” come from?

Coagulant comes from Latin coagulans, the present participle of coagulare, meaning to curdle or cause to congeal, from com- combined with agere meaning to drive or move.

coagulant (English): That causes coagulation or that coagulates; A...

Definitions

  1. That causes coagulation or that coagulates; A...

Ancestry of “coagulant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincoagulansthickening, coagulant, coagulative
2Latincoāgulōto curdle; make thick, solid
3Latincoāgulumtie, bond, binding agent
4Latincōgōto collect, assemble, gather together
5Latincōn-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

Words derived from “coagulant

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