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pro⋅pin⋅qui⋅ty

  [proh-ping-kwi-tee]
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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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pro·pin·qui·ty   (prə-pĭng'kwĭ-tē)   
n.  

  1. Proximity; nearness.

  2. Kinship.

  3. 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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Word Origin & History

propinquity 
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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