Etymology

coeffective

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Today it means: effective within a cohomology Full definition →

English effective ← French effectif ← Latin effectīvu
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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. Latinco-
  7. Englishco-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  10. Proto-Italic*eks
  11. Latinex
  12. Latinex-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  16. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  17. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  18. Latinfaciō
  19. Latinefficiō
  20. Latineffectīvu
  21. Frencheffectif
  22. Englisheffective
  23. English todaycoeffective

From co- + effective.

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