English Explanatory Dictionary

adherency

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
  2. A following; a group of adherents.
  3. That which adheres.

Word forms

adherency adherencies

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēns Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin adhaerentiabor. English adherency Borrowed from Medieval Latin adhaerentia.

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