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Where does “glandlike” come from?

glandlike (English) comes from English gland, from French glande, from Old French glandre, 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.

glandlike (English): Resembling a gland or some aspect of one

Definitions

  1. Resembling a gland or some aspect of one

Ancestry of “glandlike”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglandAn organ that synthesizes a substance, such as...
2Frenchglandegland; swollen lymph node; tumor, growth
3Old Frenchglandre—
4Latinglāndula—
5Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
6Proto-Italic-olos—
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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