Cohere
/koʊˈhɪr/noun
To stick together; to be logically or physically connected.
Did you know?Cohere comes from Latin cohaerēre, meaning “to cling together,” built from co- (“together”) + haerēre (“to stick”), the same ancient root behind words for adhesion and attachment.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰey-
“to stick, cling”
Latin
Latin
haerēre
“to stick, cling, be fixed”
Latin
Latin
cohaerēre
“to cling together, be joined”
Middle English
ME
coheren
“to be connected or consistent”
Modern English
English
cohere
“to stick together; to be logically connected”