Etymology

cytoadhesion

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Today it means: Adhesion of cells. Full definition →

English adhesion ← French adhésion ← Latin adhaesiōnem
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
  2. Englishcyto-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  4. Proto-Italic*ad
  5. Proto-Italic*ad-
  6. Latinad-
  7. Latinhaereō
  8. Latinadhaereō
  9. Latinadhaesiōnem
  10. Frenchadhésion
  11. Englishadhesion
  12. English todaycytoadhesion

From cyto- + adhesion.

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