distantia

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti

Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti

Proto-Italic *staējō

Proto-Italic *staēō

Latin stō

Latin distō

Latin distāns

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Latin distantia

From distāns + -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪsˈtan.ti.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [disˈtan.t͡si.a]

Noun

distantia f (genitive distantiae); first declension

1. distance, remoteness
2. difference, diversity

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	distantia	distantiae
genitive	distantiae	distantiārum
dative	distantiae	distantiīs
accusative	distantiam	distantiās
ablative	distantiā	distantiīs
vocative	distantia	distantiae

Related terms

• distans
• distō

Descendants

• Catalan: distància
• French: distance
  • Antillean Creole: distans
  • Haitian Creole: distans
  • → Danish: distance
  • → Russian: диста́нция (distáncija)
    • → Georgian: დისტანცია (disṭancia)
    • → Ukrainian: диста́нція (dystáncija)
  • → Swedish: distans
• Friulian: distance
• Galician: distancia
• Italian: distanza
• Lombard: distanza
• Occitan: distància
• Piedmontese: distansa
• Portuguese: distância
• Romanian: distanță
• Spanish: distancia
• → German: Distanz
• ⇒ German: Abstand
  • ⇒ Danish: afstand
  • ⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: avstand
  • ⇒ Swedish: avstånd
• ⇒ Russian: расстояние (rasstojanije)

Participle

distantia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of distāns

References

• “distantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “distantia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “distantia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.