Where does “adjacentness” come from?
adjacentness (English) comes from English adjacent, from Latin adiacēns, from Latin adiaceo, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en — in.
adjacentness (English): The quality of being adjacent
Definitions
- The quality of being adjacent
Ancestry of “adjacentness”, step by step
adjacentness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English adjacent
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | adjacent | Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring;... |
| 2 | Latin | adiacēns | adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring |
| 3 | Latin | adiaceo | I lie beside, at, near or next to; am adjacent... |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 6 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |