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Where does “const correctness” come from?

const correctness (English) comes from English correctness, from English correct, from Middle English correcten, from Anglo-Norman correcter, from Latin correctus, from Latin corrigēre, from Latin com-, from Latin con- — resin.

const correctness (English): The proper declaration of objects as immutable in...

Definitions

  1. The proper declaration of objects as immutable in...

Ancestry of “const correctness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcorrectnessfreedom from error; conformity to the truth or to...
2EnglishcorrectFree from error; true; accurate; With good...
3Middle Englishcorrecten—
4Anglo-Normancorrecter—
5Latincorrectuscorrected; straightened; improved
6Latincorrigēre—
7Latincom-allomorph of con-
8Latincon-Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing...
9Latincumwith, along with; at; -fold
10Old LatincomAlternative form of cum
11Proto-Italickomwith, along, at
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Germankitt—
16Old High Germankuti—
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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