remote (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[remote 词源字典]
mid-15c., from Middle French remot or directly from Latin remotus "afar off, remote, distant in place," past participle of removere "move back or away" (see remove (v.)). Related: Remotely; remoteness. Remote control "fact of controlling from a distance" is recorded from 1904; as a device which allows this from 1920.[remote etymology, remote origin, 英语词源]