Etymology

coalition

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Today it means: A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage. Full definition →

Middle French coalition ← Medieval Latin coalitiō ← Latin coalēscō
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinalēscō
  7. Latincoalēscō
  8. Medieval Latincoalitiō
  9. Middle Frenchcoalition
  10. English todaycoalition

Borrowed from Middle French coalition, from Medieval Latin coalitiō, coalitiōnem, from Latin coalitus. Compare coalescence.

Words from the same roots

Latincoalitus all →

coalite

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