Where does “coefficacy” come from?
coefficacy (English) comes from English efficacy, from Old French efficace, from Latin efficacia, from Latin efficāx, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
coefficacy (English): Joint efficacy; an instance of things working...
Definitions
- Joint efficacy; an instance of things working...
Ancestry of “coefficacy”, step by step
coefficacy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English efficacy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | efficacy | Ability to produce a desired effect under ideal... |
| 2 | Old French | efficace | — |
| 3 | Latin | efficacia | efficacy, effectiveness, efficiency; virtue;... |
| 4 | Latin | efficāx | efficacious, effectual, powerful, efficient |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 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 |
via English co
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | co | Clipping of company; they; them |
| 2 | English | company | A team; a group of people who work together... |
| 3 | Middle English | companye | A company, band, small group, or team of people;... |
| 4 | Old French | compaignie | companionship |
| 5 | Old French | compain | Alternative form of compaing; friend; companion |
| 6 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 7 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 8 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 9 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 10 | Latin | quom | Alternative form of cum |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷóm | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷos | See *kʷis |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷ- | The primary interrogative root |