English
maladherence
Maladherence comes from Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhaerēns ‘cleaving or sticking to’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *malos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*malosreconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEmalos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalus‘unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmale‘badly’
- Latin, derivedc. 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
- Englishtodaymaladherence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*malosreconstructed
- Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEmalos
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmalus‘unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmale‘badly’
- Latin, derivedc. 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
- Englishtodaymaladherence
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- ‘false, erroneous’
through Archaic Latin malos
through Latin malus ‘unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad’
malicious, mali, pessimist, malus, 10 more
through Latin male ‘badly’
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 A lack of adherence.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *malos / maladherence