Where does “adhesive” come from?
Adhesive comes from French adhésif, from Latin adhaesivus, the adjective form of adhaesus, past participle of adhaerere, meaning to stick to, composed of the prefix ad- and haerere.
adhesive (English): sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt...
Definitions
- sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt...
Ancestry of “adhesive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | adhésif | adhesive |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | adhaesivus | — |
| 3 | Latin | adhaereo | I cleave or stick to; I cling to, adhere to; I am... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “adhesive”
- adhesiveness
- adhesively
- bioadhesive
- mucoadhesive
- nonadhesive
- antiadhesive
- adhesivity
- cytoadhesive
- self-adhesive
- adhesivemeter
- coadhesive
- counteradhesive
- disadhesive
- hyperadhesive
- multiadhesive
- proadhesive
- readhesive
- thermoadhesive
- unadhesive
- mucoadhesiveness
- bioadhesiveness
- cytoadhesiveness
- hyperadhesiveness
- mucoadhesivity