## Etymology
From Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhaerentia, from adhaerere ('to stick to'), from ad- ('to') + haerere ('to stick'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₁i- ('to stick').

## AI Etymology
Adherence is from Middle French adhérence, from Latin adhaerentia, from adhaerere ('to stick to'), from ad- ('to') + haerere ('to stick'), from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰeh₁i- ('to stick'). Important recorded forms include adhaerere (Latin) and haerere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers steady attachment to a rule, belief, or cause. The wider family includes related words such as adhere, adherent, adhesion, and adhesive.

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