Etymology

equidistantly

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Today it means: In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree Full definition →

English equidistant ← Middle French équidistant ← Late Latin aequidistāns
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  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  5. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  6. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  7. Proto-Italic*dis-
  8. Latindis-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  11. Proto-Italic*staējō
  12. Proto-Italic*staēō
  13. Latinstō
  14. Latindistō
  15. Latinaequidistō
  16. Late Latinaequidistāns
  17. Middle Frenchéquidistant
  18. Englishequidistant
  19. English todayequidistantly

From equidistant + -ly.

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