proximity: [15] Latin proximus meant ‘nearest, next’ (it was the superlative form of an unrecorded *proqe ‘near’, a variant of prope, from which English gets approach and propinquity [14]). From it were formed the verb proximāre ‘come near’, ultimate source of English approximate [15], and the noun proximitās ‘nearness’, from which English gets proximity. => approximate
proximity (n.)
late 15c., from Middle French proximité "nearness" (14c.), from Latin proximitatem (nominative proximitas) "nearness, vicinity," from proximus "nearest, next; most direct; adjoining," figuratively "latest, most recent; next, following; most faithful," superlative of prope "near" (see propinquity).
例文
1. What drew him to the area was its proximity to central London.
が彼をこの地域に引きつけたのは、そこがロンドンの中心部に近いからだ。
2.Part of the attraction is Darwin 's proximity to Asia.
ダーウィン市の魅力の一部はアジアに近いことにある。
3.Families are no longer in close proximity to each other.
各家は以前のように近隣に住むことはなくなりました。
4.He became aware of the proximity of the Affhans.
彼はアフガニスタン人が近くにいることを意識している。
5.Marriages in proximity of blood are forbidden by the law.