Where does “gliom” come from?

gliom (Romanian) comes from French gliome, from Ancient Greek γλία, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-.

gliom (Romanian): glioma

Definitions

  1. glioma

Ancestry of “gliom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgliomeglioma
2Ancient Greekγλίαglue
3Proto-Indo-European*gley-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley-