English
contiguous
Contiguous comes from Latin contiguus ‘touching’, and goes back to 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‘to touch, grasp’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontingō‘touch on the sides, border’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontiguus‘touching’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835contiguous
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‘to touch, grasp’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontingō‘touch on the sides, border’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcontiguus‘touching’
- Englishearliest quotation 1835contiguous
Earliest quotation: 1835, William Scoresby, Memorials of the Sea: “[…] the usual quietness of the day, with us,…”
Formed from -ous
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 ‘to touch, grasp’
tangible, tame, contingent, tact, tangent, 10 more
through Latin contingō ‘touch on the sides, border’
Today it means
adj Connected; touching; abutting.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- / contiguous