Etymology

cohesionless

C3O1H4E1S1I1O1N1L1E1S1S1

Today it means: Lacking cohesion among particles, such as in the case of sand Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English cohesion
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

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. Latincohaesiō
  9. Frenchcohésion
  10. Englishcohesion
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  13. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  14. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  15. English todaycohesionless

From cohesion + -less.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.