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English word glue comes from Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥, and later Latin gluten (Glue.)
*glóh₁ytn̥ (Proto-Indo-European)
*gloiten (Proto-Italic)
gluten (Latin)
Glue.
glus (Late Latin)
glu (Old French)
glue (Middle English)
glue (English)
(transitive) To cause something to adhere closely to; to follow attentively.. (transitive) To join or attach something using glue. (obsolete) Birdlime.. A hard gelatin made by boiling bones and hides, used in solution as an adhesive; or any sticky adhesive substance.