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Where does “cohesionless” come from?

cohesionless (English) comes from English cohesion, from French cohésion, from Latin cohaesio, from Latin cohaereō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

cohesionless (English): Lacking cohesion among particles, such as in the...

Definitions

  1. Lacking cohesion among particles, such as in the...

Ancestry of “cohesionless”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcohesionState of cohering, or of working together;...
2Frenchcohésioncohesion
3Latincohaesiocohesion; unity
4Latincohaereō—
5Latincōn-—
6Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
7Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
8Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt—
12Germankitt—
13Old High Germankuti—
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin
16Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
17Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
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