Etymology

consilience

con·si·li·ence
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Today it means: The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets. Full definition →

First used 1840Latin con-
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromcon-
  2. English todayconsilience

From Latin con- (prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap”) (modelled after resiliēns (“rebounding”)) + -ence, influenced by concurrent. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1840 in his book The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences.

Words from the same roots

Latincon- all →

comfortcontemporarycollaborationcombineconquerconstellationconvoyconcentricconnotationconurbationcondescendcoevalaccoutercon-condoleconsilientconstultcontourné

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1840 The concurrence of multiple inductions drawn from different data sets.

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