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noun a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
adjective tending to adhere
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive From French adhésif, from Medieval Latin adhaesivus, from adhaereō (supine adhaesum); see adhere.
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