Where does “contiguity” come from?
Contiguity comes from French contiguïté, from Latin contiguitas, derived from the adjective contiguus, meaning touching or adjacent, ultimately from Latin contingere, meaning to touch or reach.
contiguity (English): A state in which two or more physical objects are...
Definitions
- A state in which two or more physical objects are...
Ancestry of “contiguity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | contiguïté | contiguity |
| 2 | Latin | contiguitās | — |
| 3 | Latin | contiguus | bordering on, neighboring, contiguous |
| 4 | Latin | contingō | — |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | — |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “contiguity”