Etymograph

English

distant

Distant comes from Latin distāns ‘standing apart’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂éh₁yeti‘to stand’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*staējōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*staēō‘to stand’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistō‘to stand apart’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistāns‘standing apart’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400distant
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500distaunt
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1897distant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*steh₂-‘to stand (up)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sth₂éh₁yeti‘to stand’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*staējōreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*staēō‘to stand’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEstō‘to stand’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistō‘to stand apart’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdistāns‘standing apart’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400distant
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500distaunt
  10. Englishearliest quotation 1897distant

Earliest quotation: 1897, Winston Churchill: “Judge Short had gone to town, and Farrar was…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’

system, state, post, stay, stand, constitution, stood, contest, destination, stable, stem, stadium, consistent, testimony, destiny, assist, resist, static, insist, prostitution, consist, stud, persistent, prostitute, stool, substitution, persist, attest, restitution, stamina, steadfast, stale, stead, testimonial, solstice, destitute, astute, armistice, subsistence, stow, 142 more

through Proto-Italic *staējō

establishment, instability, 16 more

through Proto-Italic *staēō ‘to stand’

arrest, stability, establish, stationary, instantaneous, restive, instantiation, 18 more

through Latin stō ‘to stand’

rest, stage, station, instance, substance, instant, oust, extant, obstetric, 28 more

Today it means

adj Far off (physically, logically or mentally).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- / distant

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