Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

disadhesive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dis-ad-he-sive
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by disadhesion.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- 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 English disadhesive From dis- + adhesive.

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does disadhesive mean?
Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by disadhesion.
Where does disadhesive come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- 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 English disadhesive From dis- + adhesive.

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