Where does “inadhering” come from?
inadhering (English) comes from English adhering, from Middle English adherynge, from Middle English adheren, from Medieval Latin adhaereo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
Ancestry of “inadhering”, step by step
inadhering traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adhering
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adhering | present participle of adhere |
| 2 | Middle English | adherynge | — |
| 3 | Middle English | adheren | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | adhaereo | adhere; I cleave or stick to; I cling to, adhere... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |