Etymology

inequidistant

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Today it means: Not equidistant. Full definition →

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

From in- + equidistant.

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