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
Definitions
- In a coefficient manner
Ancestry of “coefficiently”, step by step
coefficiently traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English coefficient
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 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 |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |