Etymology

adherency

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Today it means: The state or quality of being adherent; adherence. Full definition →

First used 17th c.Medieval Latin adhaerentia ← Latin adhaerēns ← Proto-Italic *ad-
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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. English todayadherency

Borrowed from Medieval Latin adhaerentia.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
  • from 17th c. A following; a group of adherents.
  • 17th–18th c. That which adheres.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.