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Where does “adhaereo” come from?

adhaereo (Latin) comes from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

adhaereo (Latin): I cleave or stick to; I cling to, adhere to; I am...

Definitions

  1. I cleave or stick to; I cling to, adhere to; I am...

Ancestry of “adhaereo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “adhaereo”

  • adhere
  • adhesive
  • adhering
  • adherent
  • adhesiveness
  • nonadherent
  • adhesively
  • bioadhesive
  • mucoadhesive
  • nonadhesive
  • antiadhesive
  • adhesivity
  • adherer
  • adhereth
  • adherently
  • semiadherent
  • cytoadhere
  • cytoadhesive
  • adherable
  • cytoadherent
  • self-adhesive
  • inadherent
  • mucoadhesiveness
  • adheringly
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →