Etymology of the English word contact
the English word
contactderived from the Latin word
contactus (touch, contact; contagion)
derived from the Latin word
contingere (color, stain; lay hands on; happen, befall, turn out; it happens, it turns out; it came to pass; touch; reach; border on)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
tingere (wet, moisten, dip)
derived from the Latin word
tangere (touch, strike; border on)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*tag- (to touch)
Date
The earliest known usage of contact in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
contactant,
contactee,
contactorDerivations in other languages
French
contactCognates
Dutch
contact, French
contact, German
Kontakt, Latin
contactus, Lithuanian
kontaktas, Norwegian
kontakt, Polish
kontakt, Russian
контaкт, Swedish
kontaktUsage
Word found in Modern English
