Etymology

decoherent

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Today it means: Exhibiting decoherence. Full definition →

English coherent ← Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Latincohaereō
  8. Latincohaerēns
  9. Middle Frenchcoherent
  10. Englishcoherent
  11. English todaydecoherent

From de- + coherent.

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