Etymology

adherend

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Today it means: That which adheres to something else by adhesion. Full definition →

English adhere ← Middle English *adheren ← Latin adhaereō
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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. Middle English*adheren
  8. Englishadhere
  9. English todayadherend

From adhere + -end.

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