English
adherence
Adherence comes from Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’, and ultimately from haereō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘to stick, stick fast’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhaereō‘to cleave or stick to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhaerēns‘cleaving or sticking to’
- Medieval Latinmodernadhaerentia
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600adhérence
- Englishtodayadherence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘to stick, stick fast’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhaereō‘to cleave or stick to’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadhaerēns‘cleaving or sticking to’
- Medieval Latinmodernadhaerentia
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600adhérence
- Englishtodayadherence
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- ‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’
through Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
hesitate, hesitation, hesitant, cohesion, coherent, coherence, hesitancy, coherency, 23 more
through Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick to’
Today it means
noun A close physical union of two objects.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / adherence