glew
Middle English
/ɡliu̯/
noun
Definitions
- A adhesive or adherent; something that binds:
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French glu (birdlime, glue) derived from Latin glūs (glue), glūten (glue) derived from Proto-Italic *gloiten.
Origin
Proto-Italic
*gloiten
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beglue English
- englue English
- glew English
- gluable English
- glue English
- glue-boiler English
- glueable English
- glueball English
- glueboard English
- gluehead English
- glueless English
- gluelike English
- gluelump English
- gluemaker English
- gluemaking English
- gluepot English
- gluer English
- gluey English
- gluino English
- gluish English
- gluon English
- gluten English
- nonglue English
- reglue English
- superglue English
- unglue English
- gluten Latin
- glutinarius Latin
- glūs Latin
- glūten Latin
- gluten French
- *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- grude Portuguese
- glut Polish
- glewe Middle English
- glewy Middle English
- glewysch Middle English
- glowe Middle English
- glue Middle English
- gliú Irish
- glu Old French
- glu Cebuano
- cliute Norman
- gluu Swahili
- *gloiten Proto-Italic
- nguruu Kikuyu, Gikuyu
- glut Old Welsh