Word origin
[1835–45; ‹ NL ‹ Gk
synécheia continuity, coherence, equiv. to
syneche-, s. of
syneche᷄s (adj.) holding together (
syn- syn- +
ech(
ein) to hold +
-ēs adj. suffix) +
-ia -ia]This word is first recorded in the period 1835–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: communism, ecumenical, hot plate, serial, squeegee-ia is a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names ofdiseases (malaria; anemia), place names (Italia; Romania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia)