Where does “extraglandular” come from?
extraglandular (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.
extraglandular (English): outside of a gland
Definitions
- outside of a gland
Ancestry of “extraglandular”, step by step
extraglandular 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 extra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | extra | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or... |
| 2 | English | extraordinary | Not ordinary; exceptional; unusual; Remarkably... |
| 3 | Latin | extraordinārius | extraordinary |
| 4 | Latin | ōrdinem | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | orden | — |
| 6 | Latin | ōrdināre | — |
| 7 | Latin | ōrdō | a methodical series, arrangement, or order; regular line, row, or series |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ored(h)- | to arrange |