Where does “glandulously” come from?
glandulously (English) comes from English glandulous, from Late Latin glandulosus, from Latin glāndula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
glandulously (English): In a glandulous manner
Definitions
- In a glandulous manner
Ancestry of “glandulously”, step by step
glandulously traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English glandulous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | glandulous | Of, pertaining to, or composed of glands;... |
| 2 | Late Latin | glandulosus | full of kernels; glandulous |
| 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 |