attingent

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*teh₂g-
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*tangō
3. Latin · derived fromtangō“to touch, to grasp”
4. Latin · derived fromattingō“to touch; to come into contact with”
5. Latin · borrowed fromattingēns“touching”
6. English todayattingent

Borrowed from Latin attingēns (“touching”, passive participle), from Latin attingō (“to touch; to come into contact with”, verb). Further from Latin tangō (“to touch, to grasp”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tangō and Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-, both verbs of the same meaning.

Words from the same roots