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Where does “spatial” come from?

Spatial comes from English -al, a suffix derived from English aldehyde, which was borrowed from German Aldehyd.

spatial (English): Pertaining to space

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to space

Ancestry of “spatial”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspatiumSpace, room, extent; Distance between points; A...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanspéh₁-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanspeh₁-to succeed, to prosper

Words derived from “spatial”

  • spatially
  • geospatial
  • spatiality
  • visuospatial
  • spatialization
  • nonspatial
  • spacial
  • sociospatial
  • aspatial
  • spatialize
  • hemispatial
  • cyberspatial
  • hyperspatial
  • spacially
  • temporospatial
  • geospatially
  • microspatial
  • spatialise
  • nonspatially
  • nonspatiality
  • despatialization
  • multispatial
  • cospatial
  • visuospatially
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