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Stage 1 of 2
contingere
Latin · ancient
"to touch closely"
to touch closely, from com- (together) and tangere (to touch), with irregular past participle contactus
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Stage 2 of 2
contact
English · 1620s
"the state of touching, or to communicate with someone"
settled as the English word for the state of touching or communicating with something
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