Etymology

juxtaposition

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Today it means: The nearness of objects with little or no delimiter. Full definition →

French juxtaposition ← Latin iuxtā
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromiuxtā“near”
  2. French · borrowed fromjuxtaposition
  3. English todayjuxtaposition

Borrowed from French juxtaposition, from Latin iuxtā (“near”) (from Latin iungō (“to join”)) + French position (“position”) (from Latin pōnō (“to place”)).

Words from the same roots

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