Coalesce
/ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛs/noun
To come together to form one mass, whole, or unified body.
Did you know?Coalesce comes from Latin roots meaning “to grow together,” and it entered English through scientific writing long before it became a metaphor for ideas, factions, and destinies merging.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leǵ-
“to gather, collect”
Latin
Latin
coalescere
“to grow together, unite, cohere”
Late Latin
Latin
coalescere
“to grow together, merge”
15th Century
English
coalescen
“to unite, grow together”
Modern English
English
coalesce
“to come together and form one whole”