Spatiality
/ˌspeɪʃiˈælɪti/noun
The quality or state of being spatial; relating to space or extension in space.
Did you know?Spatiality ultimately comes from Latin spatium, a word for 'space' or 'interval,' the same root that gave English the idea of a 'spacious' world and the broader language of expansion.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*spē-
“to stretch, extend”
Latin
Latin
spatium
“space, room, interval, distance”
Late Latin
Latin
spatialis
“of space, spatial”
French
Old French
spacial / spatial
“pertaining to space”
17th-19th Century
English
spatial
“relating to space or position in space”
19th Century
English
spatiality
“the quality or condition of being spatial”