propinquite
Middle English
Alternative forms
- propinquitee, propinquyte, propynqwyte
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French propinquité or its etymon, Latin propinquitās.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /prɔˌpinkwiˈteː/, /prɔˈpinkwiteː/
Noun
propinquite (uncountable) (rare, literary, Late Middle English)
- closeness, proximity
- relation, kinship
Descendants
- English: propinquity
References
- “propinquitẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.