Where does “spatiality” come from?
Spatiality derives from English spatial plus the suffix -al, tracing through English aldehyde and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European -it-, which formed abstract nouns in Latin as -itas and -itatem.
spatiality (English): The condition of being spatial; The effect of...
Definitions
- The condition of being spatial; The effect of...
Ancestry of “spatiality”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | spatial | Pertaining to space |
| 2 | Latin | spatium | Space, room, extent; Distance between points; A... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |
Words derived from “spatiality”