Conglutinate
/kənˈɡluː.tɪ.neɪt/noun
To join or stick together; to cause separate parts to adhere as one.
Did you know?It comes from Latin glutinare, “to glue,” from gluten, “glue,” the same root behind the modern word gluten—originally meaning the sticky substance that binds things together.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gleh₂-
“to be sticky or viscous”
Latin
Latin
gluten
“glue, sticky substance”
Latin
Latin
glutinare
“to glue, stick together”
Late Latin
Latin
conglutinare
“to glue together, unite by sticking”
Middle English
English
conglutinate
“to join or unite by glue or adhesion”
Modern English
English
conglutinate
“to unite or form into a whole by sticking together”
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