attingent

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/əˈtɪn.dʒənt/

adjective

touching; adjacent

OriginLatin attingēns ← Proto-Italic *tangō ← Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- →
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Meanings

adjectiveattingent (comparative more attingent, superlative most attingent)

comparative more attingent · superlative most attingent

  1. formalliterarytouching; adjacent

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teh₂g-
  2. Proto-Italic*tangō
  3. Latintangō“to touch, to grasp”
  4. Latinattingō“to touch; to come into contact with”
  5. Latinattingēns“touching”
  6. Englishattingent

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.

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APA

attingent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attingent

MLA

“attingent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attingent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “attingent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/attingent.

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