Conglutinant
/kənˈɡluːtɪnənt/noun
Serving to glue or bind things together.
Did you know?Conglutinant comes from the same Latin root as *gluten*—the word behind “glue” and “gluten”—so its history is literally about sticking power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*glei-
“to be sticky, to glue”
Latin
Latin
glūten
“glue, sticky substance”
Latin
Latin
conglutināre
“to glue together, bind with glue”
Late Latin
Latin
conglutinant-
“gluing together; binding”
Middle English
English
conglutinant
“serving to glue or unite”
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