English Explanatory Dictionary

attingent

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. touching; adjacent

Pronunciation

/əˈtɪn.dʒənt/

Word forms

attingent more attingent most attingent

Etymology

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.

Derived words

attingence attingency
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