Etymology

cohere

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Today it means: To stick together physically, by adhesion. Full definition →

Latin cohaereō ← Proto-Italic *kom- ← Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Latincon-
  6. Latinhaereō
  7. Latincohaereō
  8. English todaycohere

Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”).

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