contact
/ˈkɒnˌtækt/KON-takt
/ˈkɑnˌtækt/KAHN-takt
Meaninga touching together
Common meaning: touch
Other meanings: to get in touch
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- tactto touchLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1840 · scan
‘with, together’ + ‘to touch’ → contact
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin tangō ‘to touch’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry tangō, p. 1840 · dictionary scan
Roots
- tangō, tetigī, tāctum Latin “to touch”
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