Adjacent
/əˈdʒeɪ.sənt/noun
Next to or adjoining something else.
Did you know?It comes from Latin adiacēns, the present participle of adiacēre, literally “to lie at the side of,” so the word’s original image is not abstract geometry but a body pressed close to another.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ye-
“to throw, cast, or set in motion”
Latin
Latin
iacēre
“to lie, lie down”
Latin
Latin
adiacēre
“to lie at the side of, border on”
Late Latin
Latin
adiacēns
“lying near, neighboring”
14th Century
Middle English
adjacent
“lying near or adjoining”
Modern English
English
adjacent
“next to or adjoining”