coterminous

Definition

Meeting end to end or at the ends.

Etymology

From Latin conterminus, from con- (“with”) + terminus (“border, end”), equivalent to co- + terminous. The spelling with co- instead of con- is probably influenced by the related prefix co-.

Example Sentences

• "New York's borough of Brooklyn and Kings County are coterminous."
• "To get a building warrant he had to show the plans to "coterminous proprietors", neighbours with whom his property shared a boundary."
• "It has been the close vicinity of slave-owners to each other, the fact that their lands have been coterminous, that theirs was especially a cotton district, which has tempted them to secession."

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