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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mewk-
- Proto-Italic*moukos
- Latinmūcus
- Englishmuco-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Latinhaereō
- Latinadhaereō
- Medieval Latinadhaesivu
- Frenchadhésif
- Englishadhesive
- Englishmucoadhesive
- English todaynonmucoadhesive
From non- + mucoadhesive.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.