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Where does “abutting” come from?

Abutting comes from English abut plus the suffix -ing, from Old English -ing, with abut formed from Old French a- (from Latin ad-, the prefix form of Latin ad meaning "to") combined with a root from Proto-Indo-European bʰew-.

abutting (English): Facing each other, front to front; present...

Definitions

  1. Facing each other, front to front; present...

Ancestry of “abutting”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishabutTo touch by means of a mutual border, edge or...
2Middle Englishabutten—
3Old Frenchaboterto touch at one end, border on
4Old Frenchbutaim, goal, end, target; end, aim, purpose
5Old Frenchbuttebut, mark; mound, knoll, target
6Frankishbutstump, log
7Proto-Germanic*butą—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewd-to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰew-to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...

Words derived from “abutting”

  • nonabutting
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