proximitas

Latin

Etymology

proximus +‎ -tās

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prokˈsi.mi.taːs/, [prɔkˈs̠ɪmɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /prokˈsi.mi.tas/, [prokˈsiːmit̪äs]

Noun

proximitās f (genitive proximitātis); third declension

1. proximity, nearness, vicinity
2. similarity, resemblance
3. connection, union

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	proximitās	proximitātēs
Genitive	proximitātis	proximitātum
Dative	proximitātī	proximitātibus
Accusative	proximitātem	proximitātēs
Ablative	proximitāte	proximitātibus
Vocative	proximitās	proximitātēs

Descendants

• Inherited:
  • Italian: prossimità
• Borrowed:
  • → Catalan: proximitat
  • → English: proximity
  • → French: proximité
  • → Galician: proximidade
  • → Portuguese: proximidade
  • → Romanian: proximitate
  • → Spanish: proximidad

References

• “proximitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “proximitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proximitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.