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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Latin | efficiō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 | — |
| 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 |