Etymology

tricoherence

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Today it means: The condition of four waves having the same wavelength and phase Full definition →

English coherence ← Middle French coherence ← Latin cohaerentia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Englishtri-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  8. Proto-Italic*kom
  9. Proto-Italic*kom-
  10. Latincon-
  11. Latinhaereō
  12. Latincohaereō
  13. Latincohaerēns
  14. Latincohaerentia
  15. Middle Frenchcoherence
  16. Englishcoherence
  17. English todaytricoherence

From tri- + coherence.

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