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contingo.

to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[kɔnˈtɪŋ.ɡoː]Classical-Latin[konˈtiŋ.ɡo]
  1. to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with

    conjugation-3
  2. to reach (by moving), attain to, come to, arrive at, meet with

    conjugation-3
  3. to touch, extend to, border upon, reach; to be near, neighbouring or contiguous to

    conjugation-3
  4. to strike

    conjugation-3
  5. to touch, affect, seize upon, move

    conjugation-3
  6. to touch with pollution, pollute, stain, defile, contaminate

    conjugation-3 · passive · regional
  7. to fall to one’s lot, to fall to the lot of, to befall, to obtain

    conjugation-3 · with-dative
  8. to happen, turn out, come to pass

    conjugation-3
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 From con- (“together”) + tangō (“touch”).

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