English
antiadherence
Antiadherence 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
- English1500–presentadherence
- Englishtodayantiadherence
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
- English1500–presentadherence
- Englishtodayantiadherence
A compound of anti- + adherence
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts ‘forehead’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti ‘opposite’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ ‘over against, opposite’
English anti-
Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick to’
Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’
Medieval Latin adhaerentia
Middle French adhérence
English adherence
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- ‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’
through Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’
hesitate, hesitation, cohesion, hesitant, coherent, coherence, hesitancy, coherency, 21 more
through Latin adhaereō ‘to cleave or stick to’
adhesive, adhere, adhesion, 10 more
through Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’
Today it means
adj That prevents the adherence of bacteria to a surface.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / antiadherence