Etymology

hyperadhesion

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Today it means: Greater than normal adhesion (typically between cells or their components) Full definition →

English adhesion ← French adhésion ← Latin adhaesiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Hellenic*hupér
  4. Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
  5. Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
  6. Englishhyper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  8. Proto-Italic*ad
  9. Proto-Italic*ad-
  10. Latinad-
  11. Latinhaereō
  12. Latinadhaereō
  13. Latinadhaesiōnem
  14. Frenchadhésion
  15. Englishadhesion
  16. English todayhyperadhesion

From hyper- + adhesion.

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