myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of distancia

Etymology of the Spanish word distancia

the Spanish word distancia

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-

Dutch distantie, English distance, French distance, German Distanz, Italian distanzia, Lithuanian distancija, Norwegian distanse, Russian диcтaнция, Swedish distans