adhesiveness

English

Etymology

Etymology 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 *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English adhesiveness

From adhesive + -ness.

Noun

adhesiveness (usually uncountable, plural adhesivenesses)

1. the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhesiveness.

Derived terms

• bioadhesiveness
• cytoadhesiveness
• hyperadhesiveness
• thermoadhesiveness

Translations

the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive

• Irish: greamaitheacht f
• Italian: adesività f
• Polish: adhezyjność f
• Portuguese: adesividade f
• Romanian: adezivitate (ro) f