English

hyperadherent

From hyper- + adherent.

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

Latin haereō ‘to stick, stick fast’

Latin adhaereō ‘to stick to, cling’

Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’

Old French adherent

Middle English adherent

Today it means

adj excessively adherent

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hyperadherent