Where does “self-adhesive” come from?
self-adhesive (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.
self-adhesive (English): adhesive
Ancestry of “self-adhesive”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | adhesive | sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances; apt... |
| 2 | French | adhésif | adhesive |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | adhaesivus | — |
| 4 | Latin | adhaereo | I cleave or stick to; I cling to, adhere to; I am... |
| 5 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |