Where does “contiguous” come from?
Contiguous derives from Latin contiguus, formed from Latin contingere meaning "to touch," where con- serves as an intensifying prefix from Latin com meaning "together."
contiguous (English): Connected; touching; abutting; Adjacent;...
Definitions
- Connected; touching; abutting; Adjacent;...
Ancestry of “contiguous”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | contiguus | bordering on, neighboring, contiguous |
| 2 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 3 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 4 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 5 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
Words derived from “contiguous”
- noncontiguous
- contig
- contiguously
- discontiguous
- contiguousness
- uncontiguous
- incontiguous
- noncontiguously
- semicontiguous
- subcontiguous
- contiguosity
- contiguous United States
- multicontiguous
- overcontiguous
- pseudocontiguous
- supercontig
- ultracontig
- minicontig
- noncontiguousness
- incontiguously
- discontiguously
- discontiguousness
- haplotig
- metacontig