English
contiguity
Contiguity comes from Latin contiguus ‘bordering upon’, from tangō ‘touch’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to touch’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tangō‘to touch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtangō‘touch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontingō‘to touch or border upon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontiguus‘bordering upon’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcontiguitās
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcontiguïté
- Englishearliest quotation 1958–1960contiguity
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teh₂g-‘to touch’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tangō‘to touch’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtangō‘touch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontingō‘to touch or border upon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontiguus‘bordering upon’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcontiguitās
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcontiguïté
- Englishearliest quotation 1958–1960contiguity
Earliest quotation: 1958–1960, R.S. Peters, Types of Explanation in Psychological Theories: “In the mechanical conception of ‘cause’ it is…demanded that…”.
Formed from -ity
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’
taste, integrity, attain, integrate, taxis, taxonomy, tama, talon, contagion, ataxia, contaminate, tactician, talus, thwack, 28 more
through Proto-Italic *tangō ‘to touch’
through Latin tangō ‘touch’
tangible, tame, contingent, tact, tangent, 10 more
through Latin contingō ‘to touch or border upon’
Today it means
noun A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / contiguity