English
adhesive
Adhesive comes from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick 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’
- Medieval Latinmodernadhaesivus
- Frenchc. 1600–presentadhésif
- Englishtodayadhesive
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’
- Medieval Latinmodernadhaesivus
- Frenchc. 1600–presentadhésif
- Englishtodayadhesive
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- ‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’
through Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
coherent, hesitate, hesitation, coherence, hesitant, adherence, cohesion, adherent, coherency, hesitancy, 22 more
through Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick to’
Today it means
adj Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / adhesive