Where does “attingence” come from?

attingence (English) comes from English attingent, from Latin attingens, from Latin attingō, from Latin tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- — to bite.

attingence (English): The property of being attingent; adjacency

Definitions

  1. The property of being attingent; adjacency

Ancestry of “attingence”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishattingenttouching; adjacent
2Latinattingenstouching
3Latinattingōto come in contact with, touch
4Latintangōto touch, grasp
5Proto-Italic*tangō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeandenḱ-to bite

Words derived from “attingence”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European denḱ- →Every word from Proto-Italic *tangō →Every word from Latin tangō →