Etymology

continuum

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Today it means: A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other. Full definition →

Latin continuum
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromcontinuum
  2. English todaycontinuum

Borrowed from Latin continuum, neuter form of continuus, from contineō (“contain, enclose”).

Words from the same roots

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contino

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