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Where does “appropinquity” come from?

appropinquity (English) comes from English propinquity, from English propinquent, from Middle English propinquite, from Middle French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from Latin propinquus, from Latin hinc, from Latin hīc — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...

appropinquity (English): nearness; propinquity

Definitions

  1. nearness; propinquity

Ancestry of “appropinquity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpropinquityNearness or proximity; Affiliation or similarity
2Englishpropinquentnearby; close at hand
3Middle Englishpropinquite—
4Middle Frenchpropinquité—
5Latinpropinquitasnearness, propinquity, proximity; connection,...
6Latinpropinquusnear, neighboring; near, at hand, not far off;...
7Latinhinchence, from this place; henceforth; because of...
8Latinhīc—
9Latinheic—
10Latinhicthis; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these...
11Proto-Italichek(e)—
12Proto-Indo-Europeangʰi-ḱethis, here
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt—
15Middle Dutchkittea wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
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