remoto

/reˈmoto/ · B1 · adj

remote, far-flung, (at a distance)

📡 Sounds like remote: same Latin root, remotus = moved back, far away

From Latin removere, to move back, so remotus means moved far off. English remote and remove share the root. Spanish remoto works the same way: un pueblo remoto is a far-flung village, and the control remoto is the TV remote.

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