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Where does “continuity” come from?

Continuity derives from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas (uninterrupted connection), from continuus (joined together), ultimately from Latin cum (with).

continuity (English): Lack of interruption or disconnection; the...

Definitions

  1. Lack of interruption or disconnection; the...

Ancestry of “continuity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchcontinuité—
2Latincontinuitascontinuation, prolongation, extension;...
3Latincontinuuscontinuous, uninterrupted, successive; straight,...
4LatincontineoI hold or keep together/close, surround, contain;...
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,...

Words derived from “continuity”

  • noncontinuity
  • equicontinuity
  • semicontinuity
  • bicontinuity
  • コンティニュイティ
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