Where does “propinquity” come from?
Propinquity comes from English -ity, Latin prope meaning "near," Latin -itas, Proto-Indo-European per-, Latin hic, Latin -itas, Proto-Indo-European -it-, and Proto-Indo-European gʰe.
propinquity (English): Nearness or proximity; Affiliation or similarity
Definitions
- Nearness or proximity; Affiliation or similarity
Ancestry of “propinquity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | propinquent | nearby; close at hand |
| 2 | Middle English | propinquite | closeness, proximity |
| 3 | Middle French | propinquité | — |
| 4 | Latin | propinquitas | nearness, propinquity, proximity; connection,... |
| 5 | Latin | propinquus | near, neighboring; near, at hand, not far off;... |
| 6 | Latin | hinc | hence, from this place; henceforth; because of... |
| 7 | Latin | hīc | this; these in the plural |
| 8 | Latin | heic | — |
| 9 | Latin | hic | this; these in the plural |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | hek(e) | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰi-ḱe | this, here |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 15 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |