Etymology

nonadhesion

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Today it means: Lack of adhesion. Full definition →

English adhesion ← French adhésion ← Latin adhaesiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  15. Proto-Italic*ad
  16. Proto-Italic*ad-
  17. Latinad-
  18. Latinhaereō
  19. Latinadhaereō
  20. Latinadhaesiōnem
  21. Frenchadhésion
  22. Englishadhesion
  23. English todaynonadhesion

From non- + adhesion.

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