abut
verb
[ əˈbʌt ]
• (of a building or an area of land) be next to or have a common boundary with.
• "gardens abutting Great Prescott Street"
Origin:
late Middle English: the sense ‘have a common boundary’ from Anglo-Latin abuttare, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + Old French but ‘end’; the sense ‘lean upon’ (late 16th century) from Old French abouter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + bouter ‘strike, butt’, of Germanic origin.
