next
English
/nɛkst/
adj
Definitions
- nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining.
- Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order.
- (figuratively) Following in a hypothetical sequence of some kind.
- (chiefly) Nearest in relationship. See also m
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nexte inherited from Old English nīehsta inherited from Proto-Germanic *nēhwist (closest, nearest) suffix from English nigh.
Origin
English
nigh
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- born English
- fornigh English
- neighbour English
- nextborn English
- nexting English
- nextish English
- nextly English
- nextness English
- nigh English
- nighen English
- nigheth English
- nighly English
- nighness English
- nighsome English
- nighwhat English
- therenigh English
- proximus Latin
- nächster German
- naast Dutch, Flemish
- naaststaand Dutch, Flemish
- *nēhwist Proto-Germanic
- näst Swedish
- nästkusin Swedish
- nästnästa Swedish
- niehst Old English
- niehsta Old English
- nīehsta Old English
- nexte Middle English
- neygh Middle English
- næstr Old Norse
- næste Danish
- نزد Persian
- naest Middle Dutch
- nahisto Old High German
- nāhisto Old High German
- nezt Turkish
- *nāist Old Dutch
- nahisto Old Saxon
- *názdah Proto-Iranian
- nest Elfdalian