Etymograph

English

incongruence

From in- + congruence.

A compound of in- + congruence

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Latin *gruō ‘to rush’

Latin congruō ‘meet together, agree’

Latin congruēns ‘uniting, combining, running or meeting…’

Latin congruentia ‘agreement’

Middle English congruence

English congruence

Today it means

noun An absence of congruence.

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

Etymograph / incongruence