adherent 词源(Etymology) - 优词词源[英文版]

adherent (adj.)[adherent 词源字典]: late 14c., from Old French adherent or directly from Latin adhaerentem (nominative adhaerens), present participle of adhaerere "stick to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + haerere "to stick" (see hesitation).[adherent etymology, adherent origin, 英语词源]
adherent (n.): "follower, associate, supporter," early 15c., from Old French adherent or directly from Latin adhaerentem (see adherent (adj.)). Meaning "adhesive substance" is from 1912.