Equidistant
/ˌiːkwɪˈdɪstənt/noun
Equally distant from two or more points.
Did you know?Equidistant is a learned Latin formation built from equi- “equal” and distantem “standing apart,” so its core image is not just space, but balance held at a measured remove.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₂eḱ-
“sharp, pointed; later extended into the sense of a level or fitting measure in related forms”
Latin
Latin
aequus
“level, even, equal”
Latin
Latin
distāns
“standing apart, distant”
Late Latin
Latin
aequidistāns
“equally distant”
17th Century
English
equidistant
“equally distant; at the same distance from two or more points”
Modern English
English
equidistant
“equally distant from two or more points”
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