Where does “propinquent” come from?
propinquent (English) comes from Middle English propinquite, from Middle French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from Latin propinquus, from Latin hinc, from Latin hīc, from Latin heic, from Latin hic — resin.
propinquent (English): nearby; close at hand
Definitions
- nearby; close at hand
Ancestry of “propinquent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | propinquite | closeness, proximity |
| 2 | Middle French | propinquité | — |
| 3 | Latin | propinquitas | nearness, propinquity, proximity; connection,... |
| 4 | Latin | propinquus | near, neighboring; near, at hand, not far off;... |
| 5 | Latin | hinc | hence, from this place; henceforth; because of... |
| 6 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |