'coagulate' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'coagulare,' where 'co-' meant 'together' and 'agere' meant 'to drive.'

'coagulare' transformed into the Old French word 'coaguler,' and eventually became the modern English word 'coagulate' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'to drive together into a mass,' but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'to change from a fluid into a thickened mass.'