Where does “dist” come from?

dist (English) comes from Latin dixit — third-person singular perfect active indicative...

dist (English): Abbreviation of distribution

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of distribution

Ancestry of “dist”, step by step

dist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin dixit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindixitthird-person singular perfect active indicative...

via Sanskrit दिष्टि

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदिष्टिdirection
Every word from Latin dixit