Etymology

multiadhesive

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Today it means: That adheres to multiple proteins Full definition →

English adhesive ← French adhésif ← Medieval Latin adhaesivu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  9. Proto-Italic*ad
  10. Proto-Italic*ad-
  11. Latinad-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latinadhaereō
  14. Medieval Latinadhaesivu
  15. Frenchadhésif
  16. Englishadhesive
  17. English todaymultiadhesive

From multi- + adhesive.

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