Etymology

hyperadhesiveness

Today it means: The condition of being hyperadhesive. Full definition →

English adhesiveness ← French adhésif ← Medieval Latin adhaesivu
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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. Medieval Latinadhaesivu
  14. Frenchadhésif
  15. Englishadhesive
  16. Englishadhesiveness
  17. English todayhyperadhesiveness

From hyper- + adhesiveness.

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