English
adjacent
Adjacent comes from Latin adiacēns ‘adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring’, from adiaceō ‘to lie beside’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaceō‘to lie prostrate, lie down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiaceō‘to lie beside’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiacēns‘adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring’derivative of adiaceō
- Englishearliest quotation 1980adjacent
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁kéntreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaciō‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiaceō‘to lie prostrate, lie down’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiaceō‘to lie beside’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiacēns‘adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring’derivative of adiaceō
- Englishearliest quotation 1980adjacent
Earliest quotation: 1980, Faber Birren: “Again, the key colors have twice the area of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, hour, trajectory, catheter, abject, enema, jut, iambic, jetsam, 37 more
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
objective, projection, objection, projectile, objector, dejection, 23 more
through Latin iaciō ‘to throw, hurl, cast, fling’
project, object, jet, injection, jess, inject, conjecture, ejection, jetty, adjective, eject, ejaculation, jettison, subjection, ejaculate, interject, 31 more
through Latin iaceō ‘to lie prostrate, lie down’
through Latin adiacēns ‘adjacent, adjoining, neighbouring’
Today it means
adj Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / adjacent