propinquity的词源

英文词源

propinquity: propinquity: see proximity
propinquity (n.): late 14c., "nearness in relation, kinship," later also "physical nearness" (early 15c.), from Old French propinquite (13c.) and directly from Latin propinquitatem (nominative propinquitas) "nearness, vicinity; relationship, affinity," from propinquus "near, neighboring," from prope "near" (enlarged from PIE *pro "before;" see pro-) + suffix -inquus.
Nothing propinks like propinquity [Ian Fleming, chapter heading, "Diamonds are Forever," 1956; phrase popularized 1960s by U.S. diplomat George Ball]

来自拉丁语propinquus,临近的，接近的，来自prope,临近的，来自pro的扩大形式，词源同proximity,approximate.-inquus,表方位后缀，来自hinc,这里，词源同here.

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