Etymology

continuous

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Today it means: Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption. Full definition →

Latin continuus
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromcontinuus
  2. English todaycontinuous

From Latin continuus, from contineō (“hold together”). Displaced native Old English singal.

Words from the same roots

Latincontinuus all →

continualcontinuo

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