myEtymology.com: French etymology of distancier

Etymology of the French word distancier

the French word distancier

derived from the French word distance

derived from the Latin word distantia (distance; difference)

derived from the Latin word distans (distant; separate)

derived from the Latin word distare (to stand apart; stand apart, be distant; be different)

derived from the Latin word stare (to stand; stand, stand still, stand firm)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *stā-

using the Latin prefix dis-