Latin

haereō

‘to stick, stick fast’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin haereō.

34 English words in this record descend from Latin haereō, most familiar first.

• hesitate ← haesitātus ← haesitō
• coherent ← cohaerēns ← cohaereō
• adhere ← *adheren ← adhaereō
• hesitation ← haesitātiōnem ← haesitātiō ← haesitō
• hesitant ← haesitāns ← haesitō
• adhesive ← adhésif ← adhaesivus ← adhaereō
• adherence ← adhaerentia ← adhaerēns ← adhaereō
• cohesion ← cohaesiō ← cohaereō
• adhesion ← adhaesiōnem ← adhaereō
• coherence ← cohaerentia ← cohaerēns ← cohaereō
• adherent ← adhaerēns ← adhaereō
• hesitantly ← hesitant ← haesitāns ← haesitō

More words from haereō

• hesitancy
• coherency
• cohere
• hesitance
• inhere
• nonadherence
• adherend
• adherency
• antiadherence
• coinhere
• coadherence
• hesitater
• hesitative
• hesitatory
• hesitational
• hyperadherence
• inadherence
• maladherence
• noncoherence
• preadherence
• unhesitant
• unadherent

Etymograph / Latin haereō