Where does “propinquitous” come from?
propinquitous (English) comes from English propinquity, from English propinquent, from Middle English propinquite, from Middle French propinquité, from Latin propinquitas, from Latin propinquus, from Latin hinc, from Latin hīc — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
propinquitous (English): That is in the propinquity; nearby
Definitions
- That is in the propinquity; nearby
Ancestry of “propinquitous”, step by step
propinquitous traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English propinquity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | propinquity | Nearness or proximity; Affiliation or similarity |
| 2 | English | propinquent | nearby; close at hand |
| 3 | Middle English | propinquite | closeness, proximity |
| 4 | Middle French | propinquité | — |
| 5 | Latin | propinquitas | nearness, propinquity, proximity; connection,... |
| 6 | Latin | propinquus | near, neighboring; near, at hand, not far off;... |
| 7 | Latin | hinc | hence, from this place; henceforth; because of... |
| 8 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 9 | Latin | heic | — |
| 10 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |
via English ous
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ous | plural of ou |
| 2 | English | ou | A probably extinct species of Hawaiian... |
| 3 | Afrikaans | ou | An old fellow, guy, bloke; attributive form of... |
| 4 | Dutch | oud | old |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | out | old |
| 6 | Old Dutch | ald | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | ald | old |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | aldaz | old, grown up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eltós | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂él- | to grow, nourish |