Etymology

nonequidistant

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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-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  15. Old Latinaiquos
  16. Latinaequus
  17. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  18. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  19. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  20. Proto-Italic*dis-
  21. Latindis-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  24. Proto-Italic*staējō
  25. Proto-Italic*staēō
  26. Latinstō
  27. Latindistō
  28. Latinaequidistō
  29. Late Latinaequidistāns
  30. Middle Frenchéquidistant
  31. Englishequidistant
  32. English todaynonequidistant

From non- + equidistant.

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