Where does “coefficiently” come from?
coefficiently (English) comes from English coefficient, from French coefficient, from French efficient, from Latin efficiens, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
coefficiently (English): In a coefficient manner
Ancestry of “coefficiently”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | coefficient | cooperating; A constant by which an algebraic... |
| 2 | French | coefficient | coefficient |
| 3 | French | efficient | efficient; effective |
| 4 | Latin | efficiens | producing, and related senses of the action;... |
| 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 |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |