Etymology

coherin

C3O1H4E1R1I1N1

Today it means: A peptide, isolated from the bovine neurohypophysis, capable of regulating peristaltic gastrointestinal activity. Full definition →

English coherence ← Middle French coherence ← Latin cohaerentia
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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. Latincohaerentia
  10. Middle Frenchcoherence
  11. Englishcoherence
  12. English todaycoherin

From coher(ence) + -in.

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