Etymograph

English

congruence

Congruence comes from Latin congruentia ‘agreement’, from congruēns ‘uniting, combining, running or meeting…’, and ultimately from *gruō ‘to rush’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*gruō‘to rush’reconstructed
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongruō‘meet together, agree’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongruēns‘uniting, combining, running or meeting together with someone’present active participle of congruō
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongruentia‘agreement’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500congruence
  6. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CE*gruō‘to rush’reconstructed
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongruō‘meet together, agree’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongruēns‘uniting, combining, running or meeting together with someone’present active participle of congruō
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcongruentia‘agreement’
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500congruence
  6. Englishtodaysame form

Every English word from Latin *gruō

Today it means

noun The quality of agreeing or corresponding; being suitable and appropriate.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin *gruō / congruence

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