What is the etymology of the word "glue"?
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Chris Hansen
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That's Arabian for "Horse squeezings."
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c.1330, from O.Fr. glu, from L.L. glus (gen. glutis) "glue," from L. gluten "glue," from PIE *gleit- "to glue, paste" (cf. Lith. glitus "sticky," glitas "mucus;" O.E. cliða "plaster").
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Etymology: Middle English glu, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin glut-, glus; akin to Latin gluten glue Date: 14th century http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=glue GLUE (from the 0. Fr. glu, bird-lime, from the Late Lat. glutem, glus, glue) http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Glue The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ... glue sb. XIV. — (O)F. glu :- late L. glÅ«s , glÅ«t- , for L. glÅ«ten , rel. to Gr. gloíÄ , gloiÄÌ , glíÄ , gloiós glue, Lith. glitùs slippery; f. IE. * gloi- * glei- * gli- stick. So glue vb. XIII. — (O)F. gluer . Hence gluey http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchresults.aspx?q=glue
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G=Good L=Lord U=you E=es stuck Cajun saying, about 1695.
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