juxtapose
‘to place (two or more objects) side by side or close together’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
F. juxtaposition < Lat. iuxta ‘beside, very near, close to, near at hand’ + F. position < Lat. iuxta, (a contraction of) iugista, superlative of iugos ‘closely connected’ < juhk < yeug-< Tamil okka