Etymology

disadhere

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Today it means: To remove an object from adhesion; unstick. Full definition →

English adhere ← Middle English *adheren ← Latin adhaereō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  11. Proto-Italic*ad
  12. Proto-Italic*ad-
  13. Latinad-
  14. Latinhaereō
  15. Latinadhaereō
  16. Middle English*adheren
  17. Englishadhere
  18. English todaydisadhere

From dis- + adhere.

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