English
hyperadherence
Hyperadherence comes from Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’, and goes back to 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
- Englishtodayhyperadherence
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
- Englishtodayhyperadherence
A compound of hyper- + adherence
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’
Proto-Hellenic *hupér
Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’
English hyper-
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, hesitant, cohesion, 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
noun An exceptionally high level of adherence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / hyperadherence