contiguous的词源

英文词源

contiguous (adj.)

1610s, from Latin contiguus "near, touching, bordering upon," from root of contingere "to touch upon" (see contact). Earlier form, now obsolete, was contiguate (mid-15c.).

中文词源

contiguous：相接的

con-, 强调。-tig, 接触，词源同contact, tangible.

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