"adherable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more adherable [comparative], most adherable [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adherable From adhere + -able. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af|adhere|-able|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereōder. Middle English *adheren English adhere Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adherable, {{suffix|en|adhere|able}} adhere + -able Head templates: {{en-adj}} adherable (comparative more adherable, superlative most adherable)
  1. Capable of adhesion. Derived forms: adherability, unadherable
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