Etymology

autocoherent

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Today it means: self-coherent Full definition →

English coherent ← Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  12. Proto-Italic*kom
  13. Proto-Italic*kom-
  14. Latincon-
  15. Latinhaereō
  16. Latincohaereō
  17. Latincohaerēns
  18. Middle Frenchcoherent
  19. Englishcoherent
  20. English todayautocoherent

From auto- + coherent.

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