Etymology

antiadhesion

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Today it means: Preventing adhesion. Full definition →

English adhesion ← French adhésion ← Latin adhaesiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Latinhaereō
  12. Latinadhaereō
  13. Latinadhaesiōnem
  14. Frenchadhésion
  15. Englishadhesion
  16. English todayantiadhesion

From anti- + adhesion.

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