Where does “vicinal” come from?

vicinal (Romanian) comes from French vicinal, from Latin vicinalis, from Latin vīcīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

vicinal (Romanian): vicinal

Definitions

  1. vicinal

Ancestry of “vicinal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvicinalvicinal
2Latinvicinalisneighboring, near
3Latinvīcīnusnear, neighboring
4Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
5Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →