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Where does “nonadhesive” come from?

nonadhesive (English) comes from English adhesive, from French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from Latin adhaereo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

nonadhesive (English): not adhesive

Definitions

  1. not adhesive

Ancestry of “nonadhesive”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishadhesivesticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt...
2Frenchadhésifadhesive
3Medieval Latinadhaesivus—
4LatinadhaereoI cleave or stick to; I cling to, adhere to; I am...
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →