Where does “Abstand” come from?
Abstand (German) comes from Latin distantia, from Latin distāns, from Latin distō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Abstand (German): distance, interspace, spacing, interval
Definitions
- distance, interspace, spacing, interval
Ancestry of “Abstand”, step by step
Abstand traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin distantia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | distantia | distance, remoteness; difference, diversity;... |
| 2 | Latin | distāns | standing apart |
| 3 | Latin | distō | to stand apart; to be distant |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via German AB
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | AB | Abbreviation of Anrufbeantworter; Abbreviation of... |
| 2 | Middle High German | ab | — |
| 3 | Old High German | ab | of |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *ab | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | apó | — |
via German stand
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | stand | first/third-person singular preterite of stehen |