Etymology

anticoherence

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Today it means: The condition of being anticoherent Full definition →

English coherence ← Middle French coherence ← Latin cohaerentia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latincohaereō
  14. Latincohaerēns
  15. Latincohaerentia
  16. Middle Frenchcoherence
  17. Englishcoherence
  18. English todayanticoherence

From anti- + coherence.

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