8 letters · 19 points in Scrabble
adjective situated nearest to point of attachment or origin
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prokʷe Proto-Indo-European *prokʷism̥mos Latin proximus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English proximal From Latin proximus, superlative form of prope (“near, nigh”).
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