Where does “vicinity” come from?

Vicinity comes from English vicine, derived from Latin vicinitas, formed from Latin vicinus with the suffix -inus and -itas, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots -it- and -no-.

vicinity (English): proximity; the state of being near;...

Definitions

  1. proximity; the state of being near;...

Ancestry of “vicinity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvicineAn alkaloid extracted from the seeds of the vetch...
2Latinvīcīnusnear, neighboring
3Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
4Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
5Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
6Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “vicinity”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →