Where does “glomerulă” come from?

glomerulă (Romanian) comes from English glomerule, from Latin glomus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.

glomerulă (Romanian): glomerule

Definitions

  1. glomerule

Ancestry of “glomerulă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishglomeruleA head or dense cluster of flowers, formed by...
2Latinglomusball-shaped mass; ball of thread, yarn
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵel-to swallow; swallow

Words derived from “glomerulă”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- →Every word from Latin glomus →Every word from English glomerule →