Etymology

coherer

C3O1H4E1R1E1R1

Today it means: A detector of radio waves used in very early radio receivers. Full definition →

English cohere ← Latin cohaereō ← 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. Englishcohere
  9. English todaycoherer

From cohere + -er.

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