Where does “coarse-grained” come from?
coarse-grained (English) comes from English coarse, from English course, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co-, from Latin cōn- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coarse-grained (English): Consisting of coarse particles; Having a coarse,...
Definitions
- Consisting of coarse particles; Having a coarse,...
Ancestry of “coarse-grained”, step by step
coarse-grained traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coarse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coarse | Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior... |
| 2 | English | course | A sequence of events; A path that something or... |
| 3 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 4 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 5 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 6 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 7 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 16 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 17 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 18 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English grained
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grained | simple past tense and past participle of grain;... |
| 2 | English | ED | Initialism of erectile dysfunction; Initialism of... |
| 3 | Japanese | エンディング | ending, especially of a broadcast or performance |
| 4 | English | ending | A termination or conclusion; The last part of... |
| 5 | Middle English | ending | Alternative form of endyng |
| 6 | Middle English | endyng | An ending, termination, or conclusion;... |
| 7 | Old English | endung | ending |
| 8 | Old English | endian | to end, make an end of; to finish, complete; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijōną | to end, bring to an end, finish |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |