Where does “proximateness” come from?
proximateness (English) comes from English proximate, from Latin proximatus, from Latin proximare, from Latin proximus, from Latin prope, from Proto-Indo-European prokʷe, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
proximateness (English): Quality of being proximate
Definitions
- Quality of being proximate
Ancestry of “proximateness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | proximate | Close or closest; adjacent; Immediately preceding... |
| 2 | Latin | proximatus | |
| 3 | Latin | proximare | present active infinitive of proximō;... |
| 4 | Latin | proximus | nearest, next; adjoining; superlative degree of... |
| 5 | Latin | prope | near, nearby, nigh; close in time; almost, nearly |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | prokʷe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |