Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deadherent

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dead-her-ent
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That deadheres

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent English deadherent From de- + adherent.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does deadherent mean?
That deadheres
Where does deadherent come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Latin adhaerēnsder. Old French adherentbor. Middle English adherent English adherent English deadherent From de- + adherent.

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