approximo
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom ad- + proximō (“draw near, approach”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /apˈprok.si.moː/, [äpˈprɔks̠ɪmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /apˈprok.si.mo/, [äpˈprɔksimo]
Verb
editapproximō (present infinitive approximāre, perfect active approximāvī, supine approximātum); first conjugation
- to be or draw near to, approach
- to approximate
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- Inherited:
- Borrowed:
- → Catalan: aproximar
- → English: approximate
- → Italian: approssimare
- → Old French: approximer
- French: approximer
- → Portuguese: aproximar
- → Romanian: aproxima
- → Spanish: aproximar
References
edit- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “approximare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 25: Refonte Apaideutos–Azymus, page 55
Further reading
edit- “approximo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- approximo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.