Adhesive

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late 17th century (in the sense ‘tending to adhere or cling to’): from French adhésif, -ive, from the verb adhérer, from Latin adhaerere ‘stick to’ (see adhere).


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From French adhésif, from Latin as if *adhaesivus, from *adhaesus, the hypothetical perfect passive participle of adhaereō; see adhere.


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adhesive (adj.)

"sticky, cleaving or clinging," 1660s, from French adhésif, formed in French from Latin adhaes-, past-participle stem of adhaerere "stick to" (see adherent (adj.)).




adhesive (n.)

1881, from adhesive (adj.). Originally of postage stamps, short for adhesive stamp (1840). By 1900 as "a substance that causes to adhere."