Glue
Middle English: from Old French glu (noun), gluer (verb), from late Latin glus, glut-, from Latin gluten .
wiktionary
From Middle English glew, glue, from Old French glu(“glue, birdlime”), from Late Latin glūs (stem glūt-), from Latin glūten. Related to clay.
Displaced native Old English līm(“glue”) and ġelīman(“to glue”).
etymonline
glue (n.)
"viscous adhesive substance," early 13c., from Old French glu "glue, birdlime" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *glutis or Late Latin glutem (nominative glus) "glue," from Latin gluten "glue, beeswax," from PIE *gleit- "to glue, paste" (source also of Lithuanian glitus "sticky," glitas "mucus;" Old English cliða "plaster"), from root *glei- "clay," also forming words with a sense of "to stick together" (see clay). Formerly also glew. In reference to glue from boiled animal hoofs and hides, c. 1400. Glue-sniffing attested from 1963.
glue (v.)
"join or fasten with glue," late 14c., from Old French gluer, gluier "smear with glue; join together," from glu "glue, birdlime" (see glue (n.)). Related: Glued; gluing.
