Where does “glandular” come from?
Glandular comes from Latin glandula, a diminutive formation using Latin -ula and -ulus suffixes, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European gʷelh₂-.
glandular (English): Pertaining to a gland or glands
Definitions
- Pertaining to a gland or glands
Ancestry of “glandular”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | glandulaire | glandular |
| 2 | French | glandule | glandule |
| 3 | Latin | glāndula | a little acorn |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “glandular”
- eglandular
- subglandular
- polyglandular
- fibroglandular
- extraglandular
- intraglandular
- pseudoglandular
- periglandular
- ulceroglandular
- cryptoglandular
- multiglandular
- interglandular
- dermoglandular
- neuroglandular
- pluriglandular
- uniglandular
- lymphoglandular
- musculoglandular
- biglandular
- hypoglandular
- aglandular
- excitoglandular
- glandularly
- nonglandular