Etymology

coherent

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Today it means: Unified; sticking together; making up a whole. Full definition →

Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns ← Proto-Italic *kom-
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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. Latinhaereō
  7. Latincohaereō
  8. Latincohaerēns
  9. Middle Frenchcoherent
  10. English todaycoherent

From Middle French coherent, from Latin cohaērēns, from co- + haereō. By surface analysis, cohere + -ent.

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