Etymology

deadherent

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Today it means: That deadheres Full definition →

English adherent ← Middle English adherent ← Old French adherent
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Latinhaereō
  12. Latinadhaereō
  13. Latinadhaerēns
  14. Old Frenchadherent
  15. Middle Englishadherent
  16. Englishadherent
  17. English todaydeadherent

From de- + adherent.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.