Where does “attingent” come from?

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

attingent (English): touching; adjacent

Definitions

  1. touching; adjacent

Ancestry of “attingent”, step by step

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

Words derived from “attingent”

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