English
inhere
Inhere comes from Latin inhaerēre ‘stick in, stick to, inhere to’, and goes back to haereō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘stick’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhaerēre‘stick in, stick to, inhere to’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932inhere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaereō‘stick’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinhaerēre‘stick in, stick to, inhere to’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932inhere
Earliest quotation: 1932, T. S. Eliot, Philip Massinger: “He [Massinger] inherits the traditions of conduct, female chastity,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʰays- ‘to adhere, to stick, to be fixed’
adherence, hesitantly, adherent, 18 more
through Latin haereō ‘stick’
hesitate, hesitation, hesitant, adhesive, cohesion, coherent, adhesion, adhere, coherence, hesitancy, coherency, 22 more
Today it means
verb To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin haereō / inhere