Etymology

distant

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Today it means: Far off (physically, logically or mentally). Full definition →

Middle English distaunt ← Old French distant ← Latin distāns
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  8. Proto-Italic*staējō
  9. Proto-Italic*staēō
  10. Latinstō
  11. Latindistō
  12. Latindistāns
  13. Old Frenchdistant
  14. Middle Englishdistaunt
  15. English todaydistant

Inherited from Middle English distaunt, from Old French distant, from Latin distāns.

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