contingo

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I touch on all sides, come into contact with
  • I reach (by moving), attain to, come to, arrive at, meet with
  • I touch, extend to, border upon, reach; I am near, neighbouring or contiguous to
  • I touch, affect, seize upon, move
  • (usually in passive) I touch with pollution, pollute, stain, defile, contaminate
  • (with dative) I fall to my lot, obtain
  • I happen, turn out, come to pass

Etymology

Affix from Latin tangō (I touch, touch, grasp) root from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- (touch, take hold of).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*teh₂g-

Gloss

touch, take hold of

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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