contiguus.
bordering on, neighboring, contiguous
Meaning & usage
bordering on, neighboring, contiguous
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 *-wós Proto-Italic *-wos Latin -uus Latin contiguus From contingō (“touch on the sides, border”) + -uus. The -tig- comes from vowel reduction of tag-, the root of the base verb tangō (without the nasal infix seen in the present stems tang- and conting-).
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