Where does “коэффициент” come from?
коэффициент (Russian) comes from French coefficient, from French efficient, from Latin efficiens, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
коэффициент (Russian): coefficient, factor
Definitions
- coefficient, factor
Ancestry of “коэффициент”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | coefficient | coefficient |
| 2 | French | efficient | efficient; effective |
| 3 | Latin | efficiens | producing, and related senses of the action;... |
| 4 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |