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
Ancestry of “spatial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | spatium | Space, room, extent; Distance between points; A... |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
Words derived from “spatial”