English
cohesive
Cohesive comes from Latin cohaesus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcohaesus
- Englishearliest quotation 1922cohesive
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcohaesus
- Englishearliest quotation 1922cohesive
Earliest quotation: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, New York: “Our object is to unite all the manifestations of…”
Formed from -ive
Every English word from Latin cohaesus
Today it means
adj Having cohesion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin cohaesus / cohesive