adjacent

Where does the word "adjacent" come from? It comes from Latin adjacere, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).

Adjacent’s story begins in Latin: adjacere meant “to lie near.” To lie near, from ad- (to) and jacere (to lie). It reached English by 1400s as adjacent. First recorded around 1425 in the English translation of the Latin founding chronicle of St Bartholomew's priory and hospital in London. Today, adjacent means next to or adjoining something else.

1. Stage 1 · Latin · ancient adjacere "to lie near", to lie near, from ad- (to) and jacere (to lie).
2. Stage 2 · English · 1400s adjacent "lying next to or near something else", first recorded around 1425 in the English translation of the Latin founding chronicle of St Bartholomew's priory and hospital in London.