Etymology

overdistant

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Today it means: Excessively distant. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Germanic*uber
  4. Old Englishofer-
  5. Middle Englishover-
  6. Englishover-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  8. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  10. Proto-Italic*dis-
  11. Latindis-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  14. Proto-Italic*staējō
  15. Proto-Italic*staēō
  16. Latinstō
  17. Latindistō
  18. Latindistāns
  19. Old Frenchdistant
  20. Middle Englishdistaunt
  21. Englishdistant
  22. English todayoverdistant

From over- + distant.

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