Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unadhesive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
un-ad-he-sive
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not adhesive.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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 unadhesive From un- + adhesive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more unadhesive (comparative) most unadhesive (superlative)

Questions

What does unadhesive mean?
Not adhesive.
Where does unadhesive come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- 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 unadhesive From un- + adhesive.

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