English
combination
Combination comes from Middle English combinacioun, from Old French combination, from Late Latin combīnātiō, from combīnō ‘to combine’, from bīnī ‘two each’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbīnus‘two each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcombīnō‘to combine, unite’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcombīnātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400combination
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500combinacioun
- Englishtodaycombination
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEbīnus‘two each’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcombīnō‘to combine, unite’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcombīnātiō
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400combination
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500combinacioun
- Englishtodaycombination
Formed from combine + -ation
Latin bīnī ‘two by two’
Late Latin combīnāre ‘unite, yoke together’
Middle French combiner ‘to combine’
Middle English combynyn
English combine
Every English word from Latin bīnus
Today it means
noun The act of combining, the state of being combined or the result of combining.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin bīnus / combination