Etymology

bioadhesion

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Today it means: biological adhesion Full definition →

English adhesion ← French adhésion ← Latin adhaesiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  6. Proto-Italic*ad
  7. Proto-Italic*ad-
  8. Latinad-
  9. Latinhaereō
  10. Latinadhaereō
  11. Latinadhaesiōnem
  12. Frenchadhésion
  13. Englishadhesion
  14. English todaybioadhesion

From bio- + adhesion.

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