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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | contiguïté | contiguity |
| 2 | Latin | contiguitās | contiguity |
| 3 | Latin | contiguus | bordering on, neighboring, contiguous |
| 4 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 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 | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 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,... |