Etymograph

English

inequidistant

Inequidistant comes from Late Latin aequidistāns, and goes back to Latin aequidistō ‘to be equidistant to/from’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequidistō‘to be equidistant to/from’
  2. Late Latinmodernaequidistāns
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600équidistant
  4. English1500–presentequidistant
  5. Englishtodayinequidistant

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaequidistō‘to be equidistant to/from’
  2. Late Latinmodernaequidistāns
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600équidistant
  4. English1500–presentequidistant
  5. Englishtodayinequidistant

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’

Today it means

adj Not equidistant.

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

Etymograph / Latin aequidistō / inequidistant