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contactus.

touch, contact; contagion, infection, pollution; (personal/logical) association;

9 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[kɔnˈtaːk.tʊs]Classical-Latin[konˈtak.tus]
  1. a touching; contact, touch

    declension-4
  2. a contagion, infection

    declension-4
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- Proto-Italic *tangō Latin tangō Latin contingō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin contāctus From contingō + -tus (forming action nouns).

verb[kɔnˈtaːk.tʊs]Classical-Latin[konˈtak.tus]
  1. touched on all sides, having been touched on all sides

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  2. reached, arrived at, having been reached

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
  3. touched, affected, moved, having been moved

    declension-1 · declension-2 · form-of · participle · passive · perfect
Where this word comes from

Perfect passive participle of contingō (“to touch on all sides”).

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