attingent

English

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈtɪn.dʒənt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒənt

Adjective

attingent (comparative more attingent, superlative most attingent)

  1. (formal or literary) touching; adjacent

Derived terms

  • See Category:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teh₂g- (touch)

Latin

Verb

attingent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of attingō
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