Where does “remote” come from?

remote (Middle English) comes from Old French remot, from Latin remotus, from Latin removēre.

Ancestry of “remote”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchremot—
2Latinremotusremote; distant, far off; removed
3Latinremovēre—

Words derived from “remote”

Every word from Latin removēre →Every word from Latin remotus →Every word from Old French remot →