Etymology

adherence

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Today it means: A close physical union of two objects. Full definition →

Middle French adhérence ← Medieval Latin adhaerentia ← Latin adhaerēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Latinhaereō
  6. Latinadhaereō
  7. Latinadhaerēns
  8. Medieval Latinadhaerentia
  9. Middle Frenchadhérence
  10. English todayadherence

From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhærentia.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.