Latin

contingō

‘to touch on all sides’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin contingō.

5 English words in this record descend from Latin contingō, most familiar first.

• contact ← contactus
• contiguous ← contiguus
• contiguity ← contiguïté ← contiguitās ← contiguus
• contagium
• contingence ← contingentia ← contingēns

Etymograph / Latin contingō