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"remote (far away, isolated)" in seven languages

Meaningremote (far away, isolated)

Spanish

remoto

/reˈmoto/

learned

French

isolé

/izɔle/

other source · Italian isolato 'made into an island', from isola ← Latin INSULAM

Lointain is 'faraway'; the remote control is la télécommande.

Italian

remoto

/reˈmoto/

learned

Sperduto 'lost' is the everyday word for a remote village.

Portuguese

remoto

/heˈmɔtu/

learned

Romanian

îndepărtat

/ɨndepərˈtat/

other source · îndepărta 'to move away', built on parte 'side, part' (Latin PARTEM)

Catalan

remot

/rəˈmɔt/

learned

English

remote

/ɹɪˈmoʊt/

from Latin/French · Latin REMŌTUS

English → Italianremote (far away, isolated)remotoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

REMŌTUM‘moved back, distant’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

REMŌTUS is the participle of REMOVĒRE 'to move away'. French prefers isolé, an Italian loan meaning 'turned into an island'; English isolate comes from the same place.

English relatives: remove, motion, promote

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In a sentence

  • esViven en un pueblo remoto.
  • frIls vivent dans un village isolé.
  • itVivono in un paesino sperduto.
  • ptEles moram num vilarejo remoto.
  • roLocuiesc într-un sat îndepărtat.
  • caViuen en un poble remot.
  • enThey live in a remote village.

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