- adhesive (adj.)
[adhesive 词源字典]
- 1660s, from French adhésif, formed in French from Latin adhaes-, past participle stem of adhaere (see adherent (adj.)).[adhesive etymology, adhesive origin, 英语词源]
- adhesive (n.)
- 1881, from adhesive (adj.). Originally of postage stamps (adhesive stamp is attested from 1840). Of substances that cause to adhere by 1900.