Etymology

supercoherence

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Today it means: A form of coherence (between quantum states) postulated by supersymmetry Full definition →

English coherence ← Middle French coherence ← Latin cohaerentia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  9. Proto-Italic*kom
  10. Proto-Italic*kom-
  11. Latincon-
  12. Latinhaereō
  13. Latincohaereō
  14. Latincohaerēns
  15. Latincohaerentia
  16. Middle Frenchcoherence
  17. Englishcoherence
  18. English todaysupercoherence

From super- + coherence.

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