Etymology

adherent

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Today it means: Adhesive, sticking to something. Full definition →

Middle English adherent ← Old French adherent ← 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. Old Frenchadherent
  9. Middle Englishadherent
  10. English todayadherent

From Middle English adherent, from Old French adherent, from Latin adhaerēns, present participle of adhaereō (“to stick to, cling”).

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