English
equidistantly
Equidistantly comes from Late Latin aequidistāns, and goes back to Latin aequidistō ‘to be equidistant to/from’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequidistō‘to be equidistant to/from’
- Late Latinmodernaequidistāns
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600équidistant
- English1500–presentequidistant
- Englishtodayequidistantly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequidistō‘to be equidistant to/from’
- Late Latinmodernaequidistāns
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600équidistant
- English1500–presentequidistant
- Englishtodayequidistantly
A compound of aequus ‘equal’ + dis- + stō ‘to stand’ + distō ‘to stand apart’
Proto-Italic *aikʷos
Old Latin aiquos
Latin aequus ‘equal’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti ‘to stand’
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō ‘to stand’
Latin stō ‘to stand’
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand (up)’
Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti ‘to stand’
Proto-Italic *staējō
Proto-Italic *staēō ‘to stand’
Latin stō ‘to stand’
Latin distō ‘to stand apart’
Every English word from Latin aequidistō
Today it means
adv In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin aequidistō / equidistantly