Etymology

adhesiveness

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Today it means: the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive Full definition →

English adhesive ← French adhésif ← Medieval Latin adhaesivu
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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. Medieval Latinadhaesivu
  8. Frenchadhésif
  9. Englishadhesive
  10. English todayadhesiveness

From adhesive + -ness.

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