Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

proximate 

 

1) next; nearest; 2) approximate

 

The proximate cause of World War II was the German invasion of Poland; one of the remote causes was the Treaty of Versailles at the conclusion of World War I.

 

Related English word: proximal

 

Latin root word: proximus, proxima, proximum - nearest, next

 

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