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pro·pin·qui·ty

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–noun

1.	nearness in place; proximity.

2.	nearness of relation; kinship.

3.	affinity of nature; similarity.

4.	nearness in time.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME propinquite < L propinquitās nearness, equiv. to propinqu(us) near (prop(e) near (see pro-¹) + -inquus adj. suffix) + -itās -ity

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n.

Proximity; nearness.
Kinship.
Similarity in nature.

[Middle English propinquite, from Old French, from Latin propinquitās, from propinquus, near; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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c.1374, from O.Fr. propinquite (c.1240), from L. propinquitatem (nom. propinquitas) "nearness, vicinity," from propinquus "near, neighboring," from prope "near" (enlarged from PIE base *pro- "before") + suffix -inquus.

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