Glandular
/ˈɡlæn.djə.lər/noun
Relating to a gland or to the organs that produce and secrete substances in the body.
Did you know?The Latin word glandula originally meant “little acorn,” because some glands appeared small, rounded, and seed-like to early anatomists.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷelH-
“A reconstructed root associated with round objects, including acorns”
Ancient Greek
Greek
βάλανος (balanos)
“Acorn; also a date or acorn-shaped object”
Classical Latin
Latin
glans
“Acorn; later, an acorn-shaped rounded body”
Late Latin
Latin
glandula
“Little acorn; a small rounded bodily structure”
17th Century
New Latin
glandularis
“Relating to glands”
17th–18th Century
English
glandular
“Relating to a gland or its secretions”