Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To roam, walk, wander. · To set some distance apart. · To insert or utilise spaces in a written text. · To space out (become distracted, lose focus).
The distance between objects. · A physical extent across two or three dimensions (sometimes for or to do something). · A physical extent in all directions, seen as an attribute of the universe (now usually considered as a part of space-time), or a mathematical model of this. · The near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated; the universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
Etymology tree Latin spatiumlbor. Old French espace Anglo-Norman spacebor. Middle English space English space From Middle English space, from Anglo-Norman space, variant of espace, espas, et al.; and spaze, variant of espace, from Latin spatium, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- (“to stretch, to pull”). Partially displaced native Old English rum, whence Modern English room.
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