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Where does “adjacency” come from?

adjacency (English) comes from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

adjacency (English): The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so...

Ancestry of “adjacency”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-yAdded to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives...
2Middle English-yDesignates an adjective, in many cases formed by...
3Old English-iġ-y, -ic
4Proto-West Germanic-gForms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a...
5Proto-Germanic-gaz-y
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “adjacency”

  • nonadjacency
  • coadjacency
  • biadjacency
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