contingent
/kənˈtɪndʒənt/kuhn-TIN-juhnt
/kənˈtɪndʒənt/kuhn-TIN-juhnt
Meaningtouching together
Common meaning: depending on something else
Other meanings: a group sent as part of a larger force
- conwith, together; thoroughly
- tingto touchLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1840 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘with, together’ + ‘to touch’ → contingent
Journey through time
- Latincontingens‘touching’source
- Englishcontingent‘depending on something else’ · today
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’.
Roots
- tangō, tetigī, tāctum Latin “to touch”
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