Latin
contingō
‘to touch on all sides’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin contingō.
5 English words in this record descend from Latin contingō, most familiar first.
- contact ← contactus
- contiguous ← contiguus
- contiguity ← contiguïté ← contiguitās ← contiguus
- contagium
- contingence ← contingentia ← contingēns
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Etymograph / Latin contingō