Etymology

realspace

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Today it means: Normal, three-dimensional space; as opposed to hyperspace. Full definition →

English space ← Middle English space ← Anglo-Norman space
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(H)reh₁ís
  3. Proto-Italic*reis
  4. Classical Latinrēs
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Late Latinreālis
  8. Old Frenchree
  9. Middle Englishreal
  10. Englishreal
  11. Latinspatium
  12. Old Frenchespace
  13. Anglo-Normanspace
  14. Middle Englishspace
  15. Englishspace
  16. English todayrealspace

From real + space.

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