Where does “coarse-grainedness” come from?
coarse-grainedness (English) comes from English coarse-grained, from English coarse, from English course, from French cours, from German Kurs, from Italian corso, from Latin cohors, from Latin co- — resin, gum; to say, speak.
coarse-grainedness (English): The state or quality of being coarse-grained
Definitions
- The state or quality of being coarse-grained
Ancestry of “coarse-grainedness”, step by step
coarse-grainedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coarse-grained
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | coarse-grained | Consisting of coarse particles; Having a coarse,... |
| 2 | English | coarse | Composed of large parts or particles; of inferior... |
| 3 | English | course | A sequence of events; A path that something or... |
| 4 | French | cours | stream of water, river; course; teaching, lesson,... |
| 5 | German | Kurs | course; exchange rate, market price |
| 6 | Italian | corso | course; stream, waterway; avenue |
| 7 | Latin | cohors | a court; a farmyard or enclosure; a retinue or... |
| 8 | Latin | co- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |