The story
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
- Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
- Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
- Englishbio-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Latinhaereō
- Latinadhaereō
- Medieval Latinadhaesivu
- Frenchadhésif
- Englishadhesive
- Englishadhesiveness
- English todaybioadhesiveness
From bio- + adhesiveness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.