Where does “equidistance” come from?
equidistance (English) comes from English distance, from Middle English distance, from Middle French distance, from Old French destance, from Latin distantia, from Latin distāns, from Latin distō, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
equidistance (English): Equal distance; An equal distance
Definitions
- Equal distance; An equal distance
Ancestry of “equidistance”, step by step
equidistance traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English distance
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | distance | The amount of space between two points, usually... |
| 2 | Middle English | distance | — |
| 3 | Middle French | distance | — |
| 4 | Old French | destance | — |
| 5 | Latin | distantia | distance, remoteness; difference, diversity;... |
| 6 | Latin | distāns | standing apart |
| 7 | Latin | distō | to stand apart; to be distant |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via French équidistant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | équidistant | equidistant |
| 2 | Latin | aequidistans | equidistant; parallel |
| 3 | Latin | aequidisto | I am equidistant to/from |
| 4 | Latin | æquus | equal |
| 5 | Latin | vocāre | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |