Where does “echidistanță” come from?
echidistanță (Romanian) comes from English equidistance, from English distance, from Middle English distance, from Middle French distance, from Old French destance, from Latin distantia, from Latin distāns, from Latin distō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
echidistanță (Romanian): equidistance
Definitions
- equidistance
Ancestry of “echidistanță”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | equidistance | Equal distance; An equal distance |
| 2 | English | distance | The amount of space between two points, usually... |
| 3 | Middle English | distance | — |
| 4 | Middle French | distance | — |
| 5 | Old French | destance | — |
| 6 | Latin | distantia | distance, remoteness; difference, diversity;... |
| 7 | Latin | distāns | standing apart |
| 8 | Latin | distō | to stand apart; to be distant |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |