Etymology

adjacent

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Today it means: Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on. Full definition →

Latin adiacēns ← Proto-Indo-European *(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként ← Proto-Italic *ad-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yéh₁kt ~ *(H)ih₁ként
  7. Latiniaciō
  8. Latiniaceō
  9. Latinadiaceō
  10. Latinadiacēns
  11. English todayadjacent

Borrowed from Latin adiacēns, adiacentis, derivative of adiaceō (“to lie beside”); from ad (“to”) + iaceō (“to lie down”).

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