Etymology

discoherent

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Today it means: incoherent Full definition →

English coherent ← Middle French coherent ← Latin cohaerēns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  12. Proto-Italic*kom
  13. Proto-Italic*kom-
  14. Latincon-
  15. Latinhaereō
  16. Latincohaereō
  17. Latincohaerēns
  18. Middle Frenchcoherent
  19. Englishcoherent
  20. English todaydiscoherent

From dis- + coherent.

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