Etymology

undistant

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Today it means: Not distant. Full definition →

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

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

From un- + distant.

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