undistant

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adjective

Not distant.

OriginEnglish distant ← Middle English distaunt ← Old French distant →
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Meanings

adjectiveundistant (comparative more undistant, superlative most undistant)

comparative more undistant · superlative most undistant

  1. Not distant.

Origin

  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. Englishundistant

From un- + distant.

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APA

undistant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistant

MLA

“undistant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undistant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undistant.

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