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
Ancestry of “propinquent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | propinquite | — |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Latin | heic | — |
| 8 | Latin | hic | this; these; this one; this ; these ones ; these... |
| 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 | — |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
Words derived from “propinquent”