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Where does “spatial” come from?

spatial (French) comes from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European spéh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European speh₁- — to succeed, to prosper.

spatial (French): spatial

Definitions

  1. spatial

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”

  • spatialement
  • spatialité
  • espacial
  • antiespacial
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