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English word distance comes from Latin distantia (Difference, diversity. Distance, remoteness.)
distantia (Latin)
Difference, diversity. Distance, remoteness.
destance (Old French)
destaunce (Middle English)
distance (English)
(countable) The amount of space between two points, usually geographical points, usually (but not necessarily) measured along a straight line.. (countable, informal) The difference; the subjective measure between two quantities.. (uncountable, figuratively) A withholding of intimacy; alienation; variance.. (uncountable, figuratively) The entire amount of progress to an objective.. A space [...]