Where does “glándula” come from?

glándula (Spanish) comes 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.

glándula (Spanish): gland

Definitions

  1. gland

Ancestry of “glándula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinglāndulaa little acorn
2Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
3Proto-Italic-olos—
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “glándula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -ulus →Every word from Latin glāndula →