Etymology

mucoadhesiveness

Today it means: The condition of being mucoadhesive Full definition →

English mucoadhesive ← French adhésif ← Medieval Latin adhaesivu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
  2. Proto-Italic*moukos
  3. Latinmūcus
  4. Englishmuco-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  6. Proto-Italic*ad
  7. Proto-Italic*ad-
  8. Latinad-
  9. Latinhaereō
  10. Latinadhaereō
  11. Medieval Latinadhaesivu
  12. Frenchadhésif
  13. Englishadhesive
  14. Englishmucoadhesive
  15. English todaymucoadhesiveness

From mucoadhesive + -ness.

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