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noun the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
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 Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European…
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